Ghanim

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Ghanim is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name633 records spelled Ghanim7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, United States, Cuba, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ghānim, Ghanīm, Ĝhānim, Ghânïm

• French given name564 records spelled Ghanim4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Iraq, Türkiye

  Also written Ghânim, Ghànim

• a separate given name297 records spelled Ghanim3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Iraq, India

  Also written Ghanīm, Ghānim

• Russian given name140 records spelled Ghanim4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Iraq, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Гханим

• Persian given name119 records spelled Ghanim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, Türkiye

  Also written Ghānim

37 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●

Ghanim 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 Arabic, successful

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• Exitoso

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 21 years between 2000–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• George Ghanimb. 1934LBLebanese poet

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 · 55 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ghanim?

We estimate roughly 222 people bear Ghanim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Ghanim have the most bearers?

Ghanim is most frequently recorded in Iraq, where it is most often spelled ghanim.

How common is Ghanim compared with other names?

In Qatar, Ghanim is the 176th most common given name of 12,656 given names recorded there.

Is Ghanim a male or female name?

Ghanim 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 Ghanim mean?

Recorded meaning: (ghaanim): successful