Nassim also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nassim or Nesim, is a male or female Arabic given name meaning "breeze", "gentle wind"الهواء العليل or "fragrant air". It may refer to:

Nassim is an old persian name (Persian: نسیم) which means breeze, gentle wind, fragrant wind, spring wind. It is used as a female name in Persian countries.

Males

• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim
  Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim
  Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim was a Urdu poet of the 19th century who won fame for his epic Gul Bakawali. He was defended by Brij Narayan Chakbast when it was suggested that he was not the author of this book. The poet lived from 1811–1845.-External links:...
  
   (1811 – 1845), Urdu poet
• Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha
  Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha
  Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha was an Egyptian political figure of Turkish origin. He served as the prime minister of Egypt between May 1920 and 1921, again from 1922 until 1923, and finally between 1934 and 1936...
  
   (1874 - 1938), Egyptian politician
• Nasim Amrohvi (1908 - 1987), Pakistani Urdu poer
• Naseem Hijazi
  Naseem Hijazi
  Sharīf Husain , more commonly by his pseudonym Nasīm Hijāzī was an Urdu writer who is well-known for his novels dealing with Islamic history...
  
   (c. 1914- 1996), Pakistani Urdu writer
• Nasim Hasan Shah
  Nasim Hasan Shah
  Born in Lahore on April 15, 1929 to Syed Mohsin Shah, an eminent advocate and political activist, Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah, a former Chief Justice of Pakistan, gained international respect and recognition when he restored the sovereignty of the Parliament in Pakistan; the first such instance in...
  
   (born 1929), Pakistani judge
• Nasim Khaksar
  Nasim Khaksar
  - Biography :He was born in 1933 in Abadan. He has published 26 books in Iran. After the Islamic revolution of Iran, he immigrated to the Netherlands.- References :*****-External links:...
  
   (born 1933), Iranian writer
• Anwar Naseem (born 1935), Pakistani nuclear scientist and molecular biologist
• Nasim Al Safarjalani
  Nasim Al Safarjalani
  Nasim Al Safarjalani comes from a prominent Arab Syrian family from Damascus, Syria.-Origins and youth:...
  
   (1935 - 1994), Syrian politician
• Naseem Kharal
  Naseem Kharal
  Naseem Ahmed Kharal was a famous Sindhi short story writer. He was born on June 29, 1939, in Taluka Gambat, Khairpur District.-Personal life:His father's name was Abdul Kareem Kharal...
  
   (1939 - 1978), Pakistani short story writer
• Nasim-ul-Ghani
  Nasim-ul-Ghani
  Nasim-ul-Ghani is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1958 to 1973. At the time of his debut, aged 16 years, he was the world's youngest test player....
  
   (born 1941), Pakistani cricketer
• Nassim Maalouf
  Nassim Maalouf
  Nassim Maalouf is a classical trumpet soloist particularly known for his adaptation of the trumpet to Arabic music....
  
   (born 1941). Lebanese trumpeter
• Nesim Tahirović
  Nesim Tahirovic
  Nesim Tahirović was born on October 23 1941 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied art in Belgrade under professor Kosta Hakman.Along with painting he also works in the area of scenic design and other applied arts...
  
   (born 1941), Bosnian artist
• Nasimuddin Amin
  Nasimuddin Amin
  Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Naza Group of Malaysia....
  
   (1955 – 2008), Malaysian businessman
• Kaiser Naseem
  Kaiser Naseem
  Kaiser H. Naseem is an investment banker. Currently, he heads the Bank Advisory Services unit of the International Finance Corporation where he is responsible for providing advisory services to banks and other financial institutions...
  
   (born 1956), Pakistani banker
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960), Lebanese-American businessman and academic
• Mohammad Nasim (Guantanamo captive 958) (born 1962), Afghan detainee
• Nasim Nisr
  Nasim Nisr
  Nasim Nisr , is a Lebanese citizen who was convicted of spying for Hezbollah. Nisr was born in Lebanon to a Muslim father and a Jewish mother who converted to Islam after her marriage. Nisr moved to Israel in 1982, and obtained Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return...
  
   (born 1968), Lebanese-Israeli convicted of spying
• Nesim Özgür
  Nesim Özgür
  Nesim Özgür or Nesim Neshadov is a former Turkish-Bulgarian footballer. He played for the Turkish Premier Super League clubs İstanbulspor, Trabzonspor, Malatyaspor and Bursaspor. He also played for Litex Lovech and Lokomotiv Plovdiv in his birth country Bulgaria.- References :*...
  
   (born 1973), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
• Naseem Hamed
  Naseem Hamed
  Naseem Hamed is an English former professional boxer.He is the former WBO, WBC, IBF, & Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion....
  
   (born 1974), Yemeni-British boxer
• Nassim Akrour
  Nassim Akrour
  Nassim Akrour is an Algerian international footballer. He currently plays for FC Istres in the French Ligue 2....
  
   (born 1974), Algerian footballer
• Nasim Khan
  Nasim Khan
  Mohammad Nasim Khan is a Pakistani cricketer. Khan is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Quetta, Balochistan Province...
  
   (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
• Nassim Mendil
  Nassim Mendil
  Nassim Mendil is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a forward for Villacidrese in the Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Life:...
  
   (born 1979), Algerian-French footballer
• Nacim Abdelali
  Nacim Abdelali
  Nacim Mustapha Abdelali, sometimes spelled Nassim Mustapha Abdelaali, is a French-born Algerian footballer. He currently plays for Nyíregyháza Spartacus in the Hungarian National Championship I....
  
   (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Hamlaoui
  Nassim Hamlaoui
  Nassim Hamlaoui is an Algerian football midfielder. He currently plays for USM Annaba in the Algerian league.Hamlaoui made one appearance for the Algeria national football team in 2004.-Honours:...
  
   (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Oussalah
  Nassim Oussalah
  Nassim Oussalah is an Algerian footballer. He is currently playing for NA Hussein Dey in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Honours:* Won the Algerian League twice with JS Kabylie in 2006 and 2008...
  
   (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Dehouche
  Nassim Dehouche
  Nassim Dehouche is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Honours:* Won the Algerian League once with JS Kabylie in 2008...
  
   (born 1982), Algerian footballer
• Hassan Evan Naseem
  Hassan Evan Naseem
  Hassan Evan Naseem o, commonly referred to as Evan Naseem, is the person whose death became a lever for the current, open, political reform activities in the Maldives...
  
   (1984 - 2003), Maldivian drug offender killed in jail
• Nassim Banouas
  Nassim Banouas
  Nassim Banouas is a German footballer who plays as a defender for SV Elversberg.- Career :Banouas previously played for FSV Mainz 05, Sportfreunde Siegen and 1. FC Kaiserslautern before sigining with Kickers Offenbach.-References:...
  
   (born 1986), Algerian-German footballer
• Nassim Boukmacha
  Nassim Boukmacha
  Nassim Boukmacha is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for JSM Béjaïa in the Algerian league.-External links:*...
  
   (born 1987), Algerian footballer
• Nassim Oudahmane
  Nassim Oudahmane
  Nassim Oudahmane is a football player who is currently playing as a defender for JS Kabylie in the Algerian league.-Honours:* Won the Algerian League once with JS Kabylie in 2008-External links:* *...
  
   (born 1987), Algerian footballer
• Nasim Jassim
  Nasim Jassim
  Nasim Jassim Salman Lami is an Iraqi football Midfielder playing for the Al-Zawraa football club in Iraq.- External links :*...
  
   (born 1990), Iraqi footballer
• Nassim Ben Khalifa
  Nassim Ben Khalifa
  Nassim Ben Khalifa is a Swiss footballer of Tunisian origin who currently plays for BSC Young Boys in the Swiss Super League.-Swiss Super League:...
  
   (born 1992), Tunisian-Swiss footballer
• Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada
  Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada
  Mullah Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada was a Mujahideen commander and Pashtun warlord who operated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan during the 1980s. Based out of Musa Qala in northern Helmand, Nasim issued a fatwa legalizing poppy cultivation in 1981. During the 1980s he gradually consolidated power...
  
   (died 1990), Afghan warlord
• Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
  Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
  Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, Bir Bikrom is a former Chief of the Bangladesh Army. He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Bikrom for valor by the government in 1971. He was injured in one leg during this war. He was appointed Chief of Army Staff by the...
  
  , former Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army
• Nasim Ahmed (Kalat cricketer)
  Nasim Ahmed (Kalat cricketer)
  Nasim Ahmed was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Kalat.Ahmed made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1969-70 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, against Quetta. From the upper-middle order, he scored 8 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 13 runs in the second, in a match...
  
  , Pakistani cricketer
• Nasim Ahmed (Khairpur cricketer)
  Nasim Ahmed (Khairpur cricketer)
  Nasim Ahmed was a Pakistani cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Khairpur.Ahmed made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1959-60 season, against Hyderabad...
  
  , Pakistani cricketer
• Nasim Akbar
  Nasim Akbar
  Country treasurer of the Mashreq Bank, Nasim Akbar has been re-elected as president of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan for a second time in a row. Masroor Qureshi from the National Bank has been elected unopposed — also for the second time — as secretary of the Association...
  
  , Pakistani banker
• Naseem Ashraf
  Naseem Ashraf
  Nasim Ashraf was the Chairman of the National Commission for Human Development , Pakistan and a Minister of State. Prior to that, Ashraf served as the Team Leader for the President’s Task Force on Human Development in 2001. He was also appointed as Chairman PCB by the President of Pakistan in...
  
  , Pakistani politician
• Nasim fekrat
  Nasim Fekrat
  Nasim Fekrat نسیم فکرت is a well-known Afghan blogger who has also worked as a freelance journalist and a photographer. He is a two time winner of freedom of expression awards, in 2005 from France Reporters Sans Frontieres ) and 2008 from ISF in Siena, Italy . He is the editor of the . He is also...
  
  , Afghan journalist
• Nasim Ur Rehman
  Nasim Ur Rehman
  Haji Nasim Ur Rehman is a prominent industrialist and politician from Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He is a member of the Awami National Party and is a close friend of Asfandyar Wali Khan, President of ANP. He successfully contested the 1997 elections for the National Assembly from...
  
  , Pakistani politician
• Farogh Naseem
  Farogh Naseem
  Barrister Dr. Mohammad Farogh Naseem is a leading constitutional lawyer from Pakistan being the youngest but the most qualified lawyer to hold the office of Advocate General of Sindh.-Education:...
  
  , Pakistani lawyer
• Mohammad Naseem
  Mohammad Naseem
  Mohammad Naseem, born in 1924, is a former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust , one of the largest and most prominent Islamic places of worship in the United Kingdom....
  
  , Pakistani-British doctor and politician
• Mohammed Nasim (Bangladesh)
  Mohammed Nasim (Bangladesh)
  Mohammed Nasim is a Bangladeshi politician.During an active political career Nasim was Bangladesh's Home Minister, its Minister of Industry, and its Minister of Post & Telecommunications....
  
  , Bangladesh politician

Females

• Naseem Begum
  Naseem Begum
  Naseem Begum was a popular, and well known Pakistani playback singer. She rose to prominence towards the end of the fifties, and by 1964 had managed to win the prestigious Nigar award on five separate occasions...
  
   (1936 - 1971), Pakistani singer
• Nasim Pedrad
  Nasim Pedrad
  Nasim Pedrad is an Iranian-American comic actress currently appearing as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1981) Iranian-American actress and comedienne
• Naseem Hameed
  Naseem Hameed
  Naseem Hameed is a Pakistani athlete, who became the fastest woman in South Asia when she won a gold medal in the 100-metre event of the 11th South Asian Federation Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday, February 9, 2010.-Career:...
  
   (born 1988), Pakistani athlete
• Nasim Wali Khan
  Nasim Wali Khan
  Nasim Wali Khan is a politician in Pakistan. Nasim Wali Khan is a major leader of Awami National Party. Nasim Wali Khan is the former provincial president and parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party in Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa....
  
  , Pakistani politician
• Nasim Zehra
  Nasim Zehra
  Nasim Zehra is a Pakistani anchor and a columnist.- Education :Nasim Zehra is a fellow of Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Mass. and Adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC. She did MBA from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.- Career :She became Pakistan’s...
  
  , Pakistani journalist

Fictional characters

• Nacim Bismilla
  Nacim Bismilla
  Nacim Bismilla is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz, played by Ra Hanna.-Character overview:Bismilla is a prominent member of the titular prison's Muslim gang. He is one of the more muscular and imposing members of the group, and throughout the series he often appears with Sanjay Afsana...
  
  , fictional character on the HBO drama Oz, played by Ra Hanna

Other uses

• Nasim (car), Iranian car
• Naseem (film)
  Naseem (film)
  Naseem, , is an 1995 Hindi film directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza based on his own story.Naseem is considered an important socio-political film that marks a turning point in the Hindu-Muslim dynamics in India as it is based around the Babri Masjid demolition of 1992. It stands amidst great films of...
  
  , 1995 Hindi film
• Nassim al-Roh
  Nassim al-Roh
  Nassim al-Roh is a Syrian drama film by director Abdellatif Abdelhamid. The film discusses different social scenes in modern Syrian society....
  
  , 1998 Syrian film
• Yemeni Naseem Cup
  Yemeni Naseem Cup
  The Naseem Cup was an association football competition run by the Yemen Football Association . It lasted for two season before being dissolved.Al-Tilal won both editions that were played.-Finals:- External links :* RSSSF...
  
  , Yemeni football competition, 2000-2003