Hisham

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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
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3/21/2014, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #88
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Arabic, Malay

Scripts هشام(Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /hi.ˈʃaːm/(Arabic)

Meaning & History

Means "generous" in Arabic, ultimately from هشم (hashama) meaning "to crush". The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. This was the name of an 8th-century caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.