# Hashim

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,247

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name from Arabic.

## Etymology
From Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).

## Easily confused with
- **Haslam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hashim-vs-haslam)
- **hashish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hashim-vs-hashish)
- **hash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hash-vs-hashim)
- **hakim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-hashim)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahshim`, `hahsim`, `hashhim`, `hashimm`, `hashmi`, `hasihm`, `hasshim`, `hhashim`, `hsahim`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hashim