Nadeem

{{Infobox given name |name = Nadeem |image= |imagesize= |caption= |pronunciation = |gender = Male |meaning = Best friend of the drinker, companion, confidant, friend |region = Middle East |origin = "Nadama" نَدامَى |related names = Nadim/Nadiem/Nedim |popularity = |footnotes = }}

'''Nadeem/Nadim/Nadiem/Nedim''' ({{langx|ar|نديم}}) is an Arabic masculine given name. It means "best friend of the drinker", "companion", "confidant", or "friend".<ref>{{Cite web | last=Team | first=Almaany | title=تعريف و شرح و معنى نديم بالعربي في معاجم اللغة العربية معجم المعاني الجامع، المعجم الوسيط ،اللغة العربية المعاصر ،الرائد ،لسان العرب ،القاموس المحيط - معجم عربي عربي صفحة 1 | url=https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85/ | access-date=2022-03-24 | website=www.almaany.com | language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | date=2011-07-02 | title=نَديم ما معنى نديم؟ | url=https://www.aleqt.com/2011/07/02/article_554930.html | access-date=2022-03-24 | website=صحيفة الاقتصادية | language=ar | archive-date=2019-09-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905140016/http://www.aleqt.com/2011/07/02/article_554930.html | url-status=live}}</ref>

The name is common among many communities, including Christians, Muslims and Jews, in the Greater Middle East, the Balkans, and South Asia.

==People with the given name==

===Nadeem=== * Nadeem Ansari (born 1986) Optometrist Indian * Nadeem (born 1941), Pakistani film actor * Nadeem Abbasi (born 1968), former Pakistani cricketer * Nadeem Ahmad, Pakistani Army general * Nadeem Ahmed (born 1987), Hong Kongese cricketer * Nadeem al-Wajidi (1954-2024), Indian Islamic scholar * Nadeem Aslam (born 1966), British novelist of Pakistani origin * Nadeem Ghauri (born 1962), former Pakistani cricketer * Nadeem Karim (born 1989), Iraqi footballer * Nadeem Khan (born 1969), former Pakistani cricketer * Nadeem Baig (born 1971), Pakistani film director * Nadeem Malik (born 1982), English cricketer * Nadeem Malik (journalist) (born 1968), Pakistani journalist * Razaq Nadeem (died 2016), Pakistani murderer in Hong Kong * Nadeem Saifi (born 1954), Indian music director * Nadeem Shahid (born 1969), English first-class cricketer * Nadeem Siddique (born 1977), British-Pakistani boxer * Nadeem Taj (born 1953), Pakistani general

===Nadim=== * Nadim Abbas (born 1980), Hong Kong artist * Nadim al-Jabiri (born 1959), Iraqi politician * Nadim al-Pachachi (1914–1976), Iraqi Secretary-General of OPEC * Nadim Asfar (born 1976), Lebanese photographer and filmmaker * Nadim Barghouthi (born 1989), Palestinian footballer * Nadim Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese MP * Nadim Karam (born 1957), Lebanese artist * Nadim Kassar (born 1964), Lebanese businessman * Nadim Kobeissi (born 1990), Lebanese-Canadian computer programmer and security researcher * Nadim Lataif (born 1936), Lebanese security officer * Nadim Nassar (born 1964), Syrian priest and founder of the Awareness Foundation * Nadim Sabagh (born 1985), Syrian footballer * Nadim Sadek (born 1962), Irish-Egyptian entrepreneur * Nadim Sawalha (born 1933), English actor

===Nadiem=== *Nadiem Makarim (born 1984), Indonesian politician and businessman

===Nedim=== ===First name=== * Nedîm (1681–1730), Ottoman Turkish poet * Nedim Dal (born 1975), Bosnian-born Turkish national basketball player * Nedim Đedović (born 1997), Bosnian basketball player * Nedim Doğan (born 1943), Turkish football player * Nedim Durić (born 1993), Bosnian football player * Nedim Günar (1932–2011), Turkish football player * Nedim Gürsel (born 1951), Turkish writer * Nedim Halilović (born 1979), Bosnian footballer * Nedim Hasanbegović (born 1988), German footballer of Bosnian descent * Nedim Hiroš (born 1984), Bosnian former footballer * Nedim Imac (1966–2007), Turkish-Dutch businessman and sports executive * Nedim Jusufbegović (born 1974), Bosnian football manager and former player * Nedim Kufi (born 1962), Iraqi-Dutch visual artist * Nedim Nišić (born 1984), Bosnian-American Olympic swimmer * Nedim Ökmen (1908–1967), Turkish economist and politician * Nedim Şener (born 1966), Turkish writer and journalist * Nedim Tutić (born 1968), Bosnian former football player * Nedim Yücel (born 1979), Turkish basketball player

===Middle name=== * Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818–1883), Ottoman Turkish statesman * Mahmut Nedim Hendek (1880–1920), Ottoman Turkish military officer

==People with the surname== ===Nadeem=== * Ahmed Nadeem (born 1976), Emirati cricketer * Aida Nadeem (born 1965), Iraqi musician * Francis Nadeem (1955–2020), Pakistani priest * Khan Muttaqi Nadeem (1940–2006), Pakistani lawyer * Muhammad Nadeem (born 1972), Pakistani field hockey player * Savera Nadeem (born 1974), Pakistani television actor * Arshad Nadeem (born 1997), Pakistani athlete * Shahbaz Nadeem (born 1989), Indian cricketer * Shahid Nadeem (born 1947), Pakistani journalist, playwright, screenwriter, director, human rights activist * Waheed Nadeem (born 1987), Afghan footballer * Hanadi Nadeem, Pakistan-born American politician

===Nadim=== * Dinanath Nadim (1916–1988), Kashmiri poet * Hang Nadim, 16th century Malaysian warrior * Nadia Nadim (born 1988), Afghanistan–born Danish footballer

==See also== * https://arabiamd.com/ae/doctor/23211/dr-nadeem-ansari-ophthalmologist-eye-doctor-134 * Nadim al-Maghrebi, a Muslim militant organization which seeks to remove Ceuta and Melilla from Spanish rule * Nadeem Commando, Pakistani militant organisation * Nadeem–Shravan, Indian musical duo (Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod) * Ibn al-Nadim, 10th-century Arabic author of ''Kitāb al-Fihrist'' ("The Book Catalogue")

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