Brahim

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Brahimi in CH Switzerland, SE Sweden, HR Croatia and 1 more, Braham in IN India, AU Australia and บูราฮัม in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Brahim is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name42K records spelled Brahim27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Morocco

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Brãhïm, Břǡhïm, Břãhïm, Bŕàhïm, Břåhïm

• a separate given name6.5K records spelled Brahim3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Algeria

  Also written Brahīm, Brāhīm

• Indonesian given name2.7K records spelled Brahim8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, Spain

  Also written Břäĥĭm, Břãhîm, Břåhįm, Břåhīm, Bŕẳhîm

• Danish given name807 records spelled Brahim25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Türkiye, Netherlands

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Brăhïm, Bŕāhïm, Bŕahïm, Brähįm, Břǻhĭm

• Polish given name459 records spelled Brahim7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Netherlands, United States, Spain

  Also written Bràhim, Brahîm, Břăhîm, Břaĥím, Bŕahîm

• Hebrew given name331 records spelled Brahim5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Morocco, Algeria, Spain

  Also written ברהים, בראהימ, Břaĥim, Brahîm

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Brahim is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Diminutif d’Ibrahim, forme arabe d’Abraham; origine hébraïque, « père des nations ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Forme courte d'Abraham; hébreu « père d'une multitude ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 151 years between 1857–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Brahim Dhahakb. 1931TNTunisian painter (1931-2004)
• Brahim Hadjadjb. 1934DZAlgerian actor (1934-1996)
• Brahim Ghalib. 1949EHSahrawi diplomat and politician
• Brahim Chiouab. 1955FRFrench film producer
• Brahim Boutayebb. 1967MAMoroccan long-distance runner
• Brahim Hemdanib. 1978FRFrench-Argerian footballer
• Brahim Asloumb. 1979FRboxer
• Brahim Achabbakheb. 1984FRFrench actor
• Brahim Zaibatb. 1986FRFrench choreographer
• Brahim Abdelkader Díazb. 1999ESMoroccan association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 399 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Brahim?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Brahim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Brahim have the most bearers?

Brahim is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled braham.

How common is Brahim compared with other names?

In Mauritania, Brahim is the 8th most common given name of 559 given names recorded there.

Is Brahim a male or female name?

Brahim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Brahim mean?

Recorded meaning: Arabic form of Ibrahim, from Hebrew Abraham, 'father of multitudes'.