Qasymbek

Qasymbek or Kasymbek, also written as Kassymbek (Қасымбек, Касымбек) is a Turkic masculine given name which is common in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. It is related to the Azerbaijani name Qasım bəy. The name derives from Arabic as Qasim (قاسم,قسیم), meaning dividing or distributing and Bek which is a Turkic title for tribal chief, making the name's literal meaning as a "dividing ruler".

Given name

 * Kasymbek Yeshmambetov (1910–1984), Kyrgyz writer
 * Gasim bey Zakir (1784–1857), Azerbaijani poet
 * Gasim bey Hajibababeyov (1811–1874), Azerbaijani architect

Surname

 * Zhenis Kassymbek (born 1975), Kazakh politician