Hisham (name)

Hisham (هشام) is an Arabic male given name which means "generous". It is not to be confused with the similar looking, but only slightly related, Hashim.

Given name

 * Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691–743), Umayyad caliph (r. 724–743)
 * Hisham ibn al-A'as (died 635), Arab companion of Muhammad
 * Hisham I of Córdoba (757–796), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
 * Hisham II (966–1013), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
 * Hisham III of Córdoba (died 1036), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
 * Hisham Abbas (born 1963), Egyptian singer
 * Hisham Barakat (1950–2015), Egyptian prosecutor
 * Hisham Hafiz (1931–2006), Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher
 * Hisham Jaber (born 1942), Lebanese general
 * Hisham Nazer (1932–2015), Saudi Arabian politician
 * Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958), Syrian politician
 * Hisham Sulliman (born 1978), Arab-Israeli actor
 * Hisham ibn Urwah (667–772), Muslim scholar
 * Hisham Zreiq (born 1968), Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist

Surname and family name

 * Ibn Hisham (died 833), Muslim historian
 * Maslama ibn Hisham
 * Mu'awiya ibn Hisham
 * Sulayman ibn Hisham
 * Yazid al-Afqam, also known as Yazid ibn Hisham