Hishām
هشام
Say it hi-SHAAM
From crumbling something dry
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- h-sh-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hisham, Hesham, Hicham
Meaning & source
From hashm, breaking or crumbling something dry; Lisān lists Hishām and Hāshim among the names from this root.
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وهِشَامٌ وهَاشِمٌ وهُشَيم وهَيْشَم وهَيْشَمَانُ، كُلُّهَا: أَسماء، والأَصل فِيهَا كُلِّهَا الهَشْم، وَهُوَ الكسْر.
Who carried this name
- Hishām ibn Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8984 (vol. 6, p. 422)
- Hishām ibn al-ʿĀṣ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8986 (vol. 6, p. 424)