Hisham
Hisham ( Arabic هشام, DMG Hišām ; after English transcription Hisham , after French transcription Hicham or Hichem ) is an Arabic male given name . Hisham means "generous" and is derived from Arabic هشم, DMG hašama (crush, chop ).
Name bearer
Umayyad rulers
- Hisham , Umayyad caliph in Damascus (724–743)
- Hisham I , Emir of Cordoba in Andalusia (788–796)
- Hisham II , Caliph of Cordoba in Andalusia (976–1009 and 1010–1013)
- Hisham III. , Caliph of Cordoba in Andalusia (1029-1031)
Historic time
- Ibn Hischām , Arab historian, grammarian and genealogist, biographer of the Prophet Mohammed
First name
- Hicham Arazi , Moroccan tennis player
- Hichem Chaabane , Algerian road cyclist
- Hischam Djait , Tunisian essayist
- Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan athlete
- Hicham Hamdouchi , Moroccan chess player
- Hisham Kandil , Egyptian politician; Prime Minister (2012-2013)
- Hicham Lasri (* 1977), Moroccan film director
- Hicham Mahdoufi , Moroccan football player
- Hisham Maizar , Swiss doctor of Palestinian origin and representative of Islam in Switzerland
- Hisham Matar , Libyan writer
- Hichem Rostom , Tunisian actor
- Hischam Talaat Mustafa , Egyptian entrepreneur
- Hicham Zerouali , Moroccan football player
- Hicham Ziouti , French boxer
family name
- Hamizan Hisham (* 2001), Singaporean football player
- Syabil Hisham (* 2002), Singaporean football player