Abdul Hakim (Arabic: عبد الحكيم ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, first name or surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Hakim. The name means "servant of the All-wise", Al-Hakīm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hakim, Hakeem, or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
Notable persons with the name Abdul Hakim or variants include:
Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (died ca. 870), Egyptian historianAbdul Hakim Sialkoti (1561–1656), Punjabi Muslim scholarAbdul Hakim (poet) (1620–1690), Bengali poetAbdulhakim Arvasi (1865–1943), Turkish Islamic scholarAbdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967), Egyptian soldier and politicianAbdel Hakim Qasem (1934–1990), Egyptian novelistAbdul Hakim Bukhary (born 1955), Saudi held in GuantanamoAbdal Hakim Murad, name used by Timothy Winter (born 1960), British Muslim scholarAbdelhakim Serrar (born 1961), Algerian footballerAbdul Hakim Murad (militant) (born 1968), Pakistani alleged terroristAbdelhakim Bagy (born 1968), Moroccan-French runnerMaulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (born ca. 1971), Afghan politicianAdel Abdulhehim (born 1974), Uighur-Chinese held in GuantanamoAbdul Hakim al-Mousa (born 1976), Saudi held in GuantanmoAbdihakem Abdirahman (born 1977), Somali-American long-distance runnerAbdelhakim Elouaari (born 1980), French footballerMohd Hazrul Shah Abdul Hakim (born 1983), Malaysian footballerAbdelhakim Laref (born 1985), Algerian-Belgian footballerAbdelhakim Omrani (born 1991), French footballerAbdul Hakeem Khan, Pakistani politicianAbdul Hakim Jan (Argandab tribal leader) (died 2008), AfghanAbdel Hakim Tizegha, Algerian alleged terroristAbdel Hakim Shelmani, Libyan football refereeAbdelhakim Belhadj (born 1966), Libyan anti-Gaddafi military leader