Hisham (name)
Hisham (Arabic هشام, DMG HISAM, according to the English transcription Hisham, according to the French transcription Hicham Hichem or ) is an Arabic name. Hisham means " generous" and is derived from Arabic Hasama هشم, DMG ( crush crush ) from.
The following Umayyadenherrscher bear this name:
- Hisham, the Umayyad caliph in Damascus ( 724-743 )
- Hisham I, Emir of Córdoba in Andalusia ( 788-796 )
- Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba in Andalusia (976-1009 and 1010-1013)
- Hisham III. , Caliph of Cordoba in Andalusia (1029-1031)
Other bearers of the name are:
- Ibn Hisham, biographer of the Prophet Mohammed
- Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
- Hichem Chaabane, Algerian road racing cyclist
- Hisham Djait, Tunisian essayist
- Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- Hicham Hamdouchi, Moroccan chess player
- Hicham Mahdoufi, Moroccan footballer
- Hisham Matar, Libyan author
- Hichem Rostom, Tunisian actor
- Hisham Talaat Mustafa, Egyptian entrepreneurs
- Hicham Zerouali, Moroccan footballer
- Hicham Ziouti, French boxer
- Disambiguation