Last name origin & meaning: Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic hakīm
‘learned’, ‘wise’. Al-Hakīm ‘the All-Wise’ is an attribute
of Allah. It may also be a status name from the Arabic noun
hākim ‘governor’, ‘judge’, ‘scholar’ or Persian
haekim ‘wise man’, ‘philosopher’, or ‘physician’. In the
Indian subcontinent it generally denotes a physician, in particular
one specializing in traditional herbal remedies. Al-Hākim
‘the Judge’ is also an attribute of Allah.
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