Nizam (name)

Nizam or Nezam is both a given name and a surname. It is derived from the Arabic word نِظَام niẓām, meaning "order, system", often by way of Persian. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Nizam Bai (c. 1643–1692), Mughal princess consort
 * Khwaja Nizam ad Din, Pakistani Sufi
 * Nezam Hafiz (1969–2001), Guyanese-born American cricketer
 * Hairul Nizam Hanif (born 1979), Malaysian footballer
 * Sikandar Lodi (died 1517), born Nizam Kahn, Sultan of Delhi
 * Saiful Nizam Miswan (born 1981), Malaysian footballer
 * Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk (died 1149 or 1150), Persian vizier
 * Nizam al-Mulk (1018–1092), Persian scholar and vizier
 * Tuan Nizam Muthaliff (1966–2005), Sri Lankan military intelligence officer
 * Nizam al-Din Nishapuri (died 1328 or 1329), Persian mathematician and poet
 * Nazim Pasha (1848–1913), Chief of Staff of the Army of the Ottoman Empire
 * Nizam Peerwani, American medical examiner
 * Burhan Nizam Shah I (c. 1503 – 1553), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
 * Burhan Nizam Shah II (died 1595), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
 * Hussain Nizam Shah I (born 1555; unknown death date), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
 * Murtaza Nizam Shah III, Sultan of Ahmadnagar
 * Nizam al-Din Yahya (c. 1417 – 1480), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan

Surname

 * Ahmed Nizam (born 1986), Indian cricketer
 * Khairul Nizam (born 1991), Singaporean footballer
 * Mohamed Nizam (born 1974), Maldivian footballer
 * Musa Nizam (born 1990), Turkish footballer
 * Naem Nizam, Bangladeshi newspaper editor
 * Sarwar Jahan Nizam (born 1952), Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy
 * Sheen Kaaf Nizam (born 1947), Urdu poet
 * Zaiful Nizam (born 1987), Singaporean footballer