Wassim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wa-SEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Wassim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, graceful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Wassim mean?
Arabic: spelling of Wasim
“handsome, graceful”
A French-style spelling of the Arabic Wasim, using a double s to keep the s sound.
Is Wassim a girl's or a boy's name?
Wassim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wassim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Wassim, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wassim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Wassim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Wasim 6
- Wassim 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Wassim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Wassim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Wassim, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Wassim in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wassim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Wassim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Hamza Zayaan Abdullah Zayd Zayan Ahmed Umar Mustafa Arham
Other spellings of Wassim
Names related to Wassim
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wassim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wassim, updated 20 October 2026.