Nasim

Nassim (Arabic: نسیم) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nasseem, Nasim, Nesim or Nessim, is a unisex name meaning "gentle breeze, fresh air" . It is mostly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures and language groups. It may refer to:

Company

• Nasim Sdn Bhd, a member of Naza Group of Companies

People

Men

Nacim

• Nacim Abdelali (born 1981), Algerian footballer

Naseem

• Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha (1871–1938), Egyptian politician
• Naseem Hijazi (c. 1910–1996), Pakistani Urdu writer
• Mohammad Naseem (1924–2014), Pakistani-British doctor and politician
• Naseem Kharal (1939–1978), Pakistani short story writer
• Farogh Naseem (born 1969), Pakistani lawyer
• Naseem Hamed (born 1974), Yemeni-British boxer
• Hassan Evan Naseem (1984–2003), Maldivian drug offender killed in jail
• Naqeebullah Mehsud (1991–2018), also known as "Naseem Ullah", a Pakistani national ethnic Pashtun who was killed in a fake police encounter

Nasim

• Anwar Nasim (born 1935), Pakistani nuclear scientist and molecular biologist
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845), Urdu poet
• Nasim Amrohvi (1908–1987), Pakistani Urdu poet
• Nasim Ashraf, Pakistani politician and cricket administrator
• Nasim Hasan Shah (1929–2015), Pakistani judge
• Nasim Khaksar (born 1944), Iranian writer
• Nasim al-Safarjalani (1935–1994), Syrian politician
• Nasim-ul-Ghani (born 1941), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Nasim (Guantanamo captive 958) (born 1962), Afghan detainee
• Nasim Nisr (born 1968), Lebanese-Israeli convicted of spying
• Nasim Khan (cricketer, born 1976) (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada (died 1990), Afghan warlord
• Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, former Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army
• Nasim Ahmed (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Nasim Fekrat, Afghan journalist
• Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
• Mohammed Nasim (1948–2020), Bangladesh politician

Nasimuddin

• Nasimuddin Amin (1955–2008), Malaysian businessman

Nassim

• Nassim Maalouf (born 1941). Lebanese trumpeter
• Nassim Soleimanpour (born 1981), writer from Iran (White Rabbit Red Rabbit)
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960), Lebanese-American businessman and academic
• Nassim Akrour (born 1974), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Mendil (born 1979), Algerian-French footballer
• Nassim Hamlaoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Oussalah (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Dehouche (born 1982), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Banouas (born 1986), Algerian-German footballer
• Nassim Boukmacha (born 1987), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Oudahmane (born 1987), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Ben Khalifa (born 1992), Tunisian-Swiss footballer

Nesim

• Nesim Özgür (born 1973), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
• Nesim Tahirović (1941–2020), Bosnian painter
• Nesim Turan (born 1992), Turkish Paralympian table tennis player

Women

Naseem

• Naseem Begum (1936–1971), Pakistani singer
• Naseem Banu (1916–2002), Indian cinema actress
• Naseem Hameed (born 1988), Pakistani athlete
• Naz Shah (born Naseem Shah; 1973), British Labour Party politician

Nasim

• Nasim Pedrad (born 1981), Iranian-American actress and comedian
• Nasim Wali Khan (1932–2021), Pakistani politician
• Nasim Zehra (born 1953), Pakistani journalist

Fictional characters

• Naseem, fictional character played by Wasim Nawaz in the web series Corner Shop Show
• Nacim Bismilla, fictional character on the HBO drama Oz, played by Ra Hanna
• Naseem Ali Khan, fictional character on the British drama Indian Summers, played by Tanmay Dhanania

Other uses

• Nasim (car), Iranian car
• Naseem (film), 1995 Hindi film
• Nassim al-Roh, 1998 Syrian film
• Naseem Cup, Yemeni football competition, 2000–2003
• NASSIM, an Off-Broadway play by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour