Nadeem (also spelled Nadim or Nedim; ar,
نديم) is an Arabic masculine given name. It means "best friend of the drinker" "companion", "confidant" or "friend". Originates from the plural word "Nadama""نَدامَى" which means, drink to forget. Nadim is the pourer of wine, the best friend.
The name is common among many communities, including
Christians,
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
s and
Jews, in the greater
Middle East, the
Balkans, and
South Asia.
Arabic literature definition and origin:
"النَّدِيم : المصاحبُ على الشراب المسامرُ والجمع : نِدَام، ونُدَماءُ"
https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85/
People with the given name
Nadeem
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Nadeem Abbasi (born 1968), former Pakistani cricketer
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Nadeem Ahmad, Pakistani army general
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Nadeem Ahmed (born 1987), Hong Kong cricketer
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Nadeem Aslam (born 1966), British novelist of Pakistani origin
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Nadeem Baig (born 1941), film actor, producer, singer
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Nadeem Ghauri (born 1962), former Pakistani cricketer
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Nadeem Karim
Nadim Karim Mohaisen Al-Magsoosi commonly known as Nadim Karim ( ar, نديم كريم المحيسن المقصوصي; born 1 January 1989) is an Iraqi footballer who plays for Al-Minaa in the Iraqi Premier League.
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(born 1989), Iraqi footballer
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Nadeem Khan (born 1969), former Pakistani cricketer
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Nadeem Malik (born 1982), English cricketer
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Nadeem Malik (Pakistani journalist) (born 1968), Pakistani journalist
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Nadeem Saifi, Indian music director
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Nadeem Shahid (born 1969), English first-class cricketer
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Nadeem Siddique (born 1977), British Pakistani boxer
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Nadeem Taj (born 1953), Pakistani general
Nadim
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Nadim Abbas (born 1980), Hong Kong artist
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Nadim al-Jabiri (born 1959), Iraqi politician
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Nadim al-Pachachi (1914–1976), Iraqi Secretary-General of OPEC
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Nadim Asfar (born 1976), Lebanese photographer and filmmaker
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Nadim Barghouthi (born 1989), Palestinian footballer
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Nadim Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese MP
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Nadim Karam
Nadim Karam ( ar, نديم كرم); (born 1957) is a multidisciplinary Lebanese artist and architect who fuses his artistic output with his background in architecture to create large-scale urban art projects in different cities of the world. H ...
(born 1957), Lebanese artist
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Nadim Kassar (born 1964), Lebanese businessman
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Nadim Kobeissi (born 1990), Lebanese-Canadian computer programmer and security researcher
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Nadim Nassar, Syrian priest
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Nadim Sabagh
Nadim Sabagh ( ar, نديم صباغ; born August 4, 1985 in Latakia, Syria) is a Syrian people, Syrian Association football, footballer. He currently plays for Tishreen SC, Tishreen, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division i ...
(born 1985), Syrian footballer
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Nadim Sadek Nadim Sadek (born October 1962) is a UK-resident, Irish-Egyptian marketing-entrepreneur and published author.
Sadek was born to an Egyptian father (Fernando Habib Sadek 1928–2005) who worked as an epidemiologist with the World Health Organiza ...
(born 1962), Irish-Egyptian entrepreneur
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Nadim Sawalha (born 1935), English actor
Nedim
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Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818–1883), Ottoman Turkish statesman
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Mahmut Nedim Hendek
Mahmut Nedim Hendek (1880; Caucasus – 21 April 1920; Hendek) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He was born to an ethnic Circassians, Circassian family which later fled Russia to the Ottoman Empire. Hendek's birth name was ...
(1880–1920), Ottoman Turkish military officer
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Nedîm (1681–1730), Ottoman Turkish poet
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Nedim Dal
Nedim Dal (born Edin Delić; on 3 May 1975) is a retired Turkish basketball player. He stands 2.14 m tall and played as a center. He holds Turkish and Bosnian citizenships and played for Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Re ...
(born 1975), Bosnian-born Turkish national basketball player
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Nedim Doğan (born 1943), Turkish football player
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Nedim Durić
Nedim Durić (born 24 July 1993 in Cazin) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer currently playing for Austrian 4th tier side Union Edelweiss Linz. He plays as a left midfielder.
Club career
Durić started out playing for FK Krajina Cazin's ...
(born 1993), Bosnian footballer
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Nedim Günar (1932–2011), Turkish football player
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Nedim Gürsel
Nedim Gürsel (born 5 April 1951 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish writer. In the late 1960s, he published novellas and essays in Turkish magazines. After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1970, he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he graduated ...
(born 1951), Turkish writer
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Nedim Halilović
Nedim Halilović (born 1 July 1979, in Brčko) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian international football player.
Club career
Nedim Halilović has played for NK Varteks in the Croatian First League. Prior to this, Halilović was active in the P ...
(born 1979), Bosnian footballer
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Nedim Hasanbegović
Nedim Hasanbegović (born 22 April 1988 in Sarajevo) is a German footballer who last played as a midfielder for SC Weiche Flensburg 08
SC Weiche Flensburg 08 is a German association football club from the Weiche suburb of Flensburg, Schleswig ...
(born 1988), German footballer of Bosnian descent
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Nedim Imac (1966–2007), Turkish-Dutch businessman and sports executive
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Nedim Jusufbegović
Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.
Club career
Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-d ...
(born 1974), Bosnian football manager and former player
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Nedim Kufi
Nedim Kufi (also known as Nadem al-Kufi), born 1962 in Baghdad), is an Iraqi-Dutch multi disciplinary visual artist. He is primarily known for conceptual art that explores themes such as war, political conflict, exile, loss, and historical memor ...
(born 1962), Iraqi-Dutch visual artist
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Nedim Nišić
Nedim Nišić (born March 7, 1984) is a Bosnian American Olympic swimmer.
He was a member of Bosnian Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He graduated from Cleveland State University, in Cleveland, Ohio. He currently li ...
(born 1984), Bosnian-American Olympic swimmer
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Nedim Tutić
Nedim Tutić (born 17 July 1968) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player and current manager of Othellos Athienou.
Club career
Tutić played for Liria Prizren and FK Sloboda Užice in the Yugoslav Second League, and wi ...
(born 1968), Bosnian former football player
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Nedim Yücel
Nedim Yücel is a Turkish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Darüşşafaka & Doğuş.
He studied at Anadolu University
Anadolu University ( tr, Anadolu Üniversitesi) is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. The univ ...
(born 1979), Turkish basketball player
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Nedim Đedović
Nedim Đedović (born February 16, 1997) is a Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Sáenz Horeca Araberri of the LEB Oro. He is a 205 cm tall small forward. He is the younger brother of basketball player Nihad Đedovi ...
(born 1997), Bosnian basketball player
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Nedim Şener (born 1966), Turkish writer and journalist
People with the surname
Nadeem
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Ahmed Nadeem
Ahmed Nadeem (born 26 October 1976) is a United Arab Emirati cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, (born 1976), United Arab Emirati cricketer
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Aida Nadeem (born 1965), Iraqi musician
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Francis Nadeem
Father Francis Nadeem (October 27, 1955 – July 3, 2020) was a Franciscan Capuchin priest working in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore in Pakistan.
Early life
He was born in Gujranwala on October 27, 1955. In 1970 he joined the St. Mar ...
(1955–2020), Pakistani priest
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Khan Muttaqi Nadeem
Khan Muttaqi Nadeem (Urdu خان مطقی ندیم)
(8 March 1940 – July 2006) was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and was an advocate lawyer, poet and author.
Education and work
Khan Muttaqi Nadeem had an LLB and LLM degree from isl ...
(1940–2006), Pakistani lawyer
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Muhammad Nadeem
Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed (also ''Muhammad Nadeem'', ur, محمد ندیم احمد; born 5 March 1972 in Gojra, Punjab) is a retired Pakistani field hockey player. He represented Pakistan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and h ...
, Pakistani field hockey player
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Razaq Nadeem, Pakistani murderer
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Savera Nadeem, Pakistani television actor
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Shahbaz Nadeem (born 1989), Indian cricketer
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Shahid Nadeem (born 1947), Pakistani journalist, playwright, screenwriter, director, human rights activist
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Waheed Nadeem (born 1987), Afghan footballer
Nadim
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Dinanath Nadim
Dinanath Kaul "Nadim" (1916–1988) was a prominent Kashmiri poet of the 20th century. He was born on 18 March 1916 in Srinagar city and with him began an era of modern Kashmiri poetry. He also virtually led the progressive writers movement in ...
(1916–1988), Kashmiri poet
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Laksamana Hang Nadim, 16th century Malaysian warrior
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Nadia Nadim (born 1988), Afghanistan–born Danish footballer
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Nadim al-Maghrebi Nadim al-Maghrebi ( ar, نديم المغربي) is an Islamist militant organization formed in 2006 that seeks to remove Ceuta and Melilla from Spanish rule. It has issued a statement through the Internet asking Muslims to declare "war on Spanish ...
, a Muslim militant organization which seeks to remove Ceuta and Melilla from Spanish rule
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Nadeem Commando The Nadeem Commando was a small militant Muhajir organization in Pakistan. The origin of the group is unknown, but it is thought to have been active from at least the early 1990s until 1996, when the Pakistani government declared that the majority o ...
, Pakistani militant organisation
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Nadeem-Shravan, Indian musical duo (Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod)
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Ibn al-Nadim, 10th-century Arabic author of ''Kitāb al-Fihrist'' (“The Book Catalogue”).
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Arabic masculine given names
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