Ḥātim
حاتِم
Say it HAA-tim
A judge, a decider
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-t-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Hatim, Hatem
Meaning & source
A judge, one who decides: from ḥatm, a firm and binding decree. Lisān also gives al-ḥātim as the black raven.
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والحاتِمُ: الْقَاضِي، وَكَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ امرأَة مُفَوَّهَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا صَدُوفُ، قَالَتْ: لَا أَتَزَوَّج إِلا مَنْ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ جَوابي، فَجَاءَ خَاطِبٌ فَوَقَفَ بِبَابِهَا فَقَالَتْ: مَنْ أَنتَ؟ فَقَالَ: بَشَرٌ وُلِدَ صَغِيرًا ونشأَ كَبِي
Who carried this name
- Ḥātim al-Aṣamm of Balkh, the ascetic al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 11, p. 484 (entry 128)