Asem

Asem (also spelled Aasem, Assem, Asim, Aasim, Assim عاصم ‘āṣim) is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "savior, protector, guardian, defender." Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent." It is not related to the Indian given name Asim.

Given name

 * Asim ibn Omar, famous Tabi'un and Early Hadith scholar.
 * Umm Asim bint Asim, was the mother of Umayyad caliph Umar II (r. 717–720) and wife of Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan.
 * Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant
 * Asım Akin, Turkish physician
 * Abu Asim Azmi, Indian politician
 * Asım Orhan Barut, Turkish-American theoretical physicist
 * Asim Brkan, Bosnian singer, musician and artist
 * Asim Ferhatović, Bosnian footballer
 * Asim Sarajlić, Bosnian politician
 * Asim Peco, Bosnian linguist
 * Asim Kurjak, Bosnian scientist
 * Asım Can Gündüz, Turkish rock and blues guitarist
 * Asım Güzelbey, Turkish politician
 * Assem Hammoud, Lebanese alleged Al Qaeda operative
 * Assem Jaber, Lebanese diplomat
 * Assem Jarrah, great-uncle or distant cousin of Ziad Jarrah
 * Assem Marei, Egyptian basketball player
 * Asim Kamal, Pakistan Test cricketer
 * Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi, Palestinian political writer
 * Prince Asem bin Al Nayef, Jordanian prince
 * Assem Qanso, Lebanese politician
 * Asim Saeed, Emirati cricketer
 * Asem Tasbulatova, Kazakh singer
 * Asim Azhar, Pakistani Singer
 * Assim Al-Hakeem, Islamic scholar
 * Aseem Shaikh, Indian Lawyer

Surname

 * Princess Nejla bint Asem, Jordanian princess
 * Princess Sana Asem, Jordanian princess