تَيْم
Taym: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Taym
“Servant”; the name of Abu Bakr’s Qurayshi clan
Taym in Islam
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, the first caliph, and Talha ibn ʿUbayd Allah, one of the ten promised Paradise, both belonged to the Banu Taym, a clan of Quraysh descended from Taym ibn Murra.
Meaning of the name Taym
Taym means, according to lexicographers, “servant, slave”; one said Taym Allah like ʿAbd Allah, and tatayyum is love that enslaves the heart. The name is above all that of Taym ibn Murra, ancestor of the Banu Taym of Quraysh, the clan of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Talha ibn ʿUbayd Allah. The short name has come back into fashion in the Middle East and the Gulf.
- In Arabic
- تَيْم تيم
- Transliteration
- Taym
- Root
- ت ي م
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Taym in the Quran?
No: neither the name Taym nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Taym in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Taym in each language
- French
- Taym, Taïm, Tim
- English
- Taym, Taim
- Spanish
- Taim, Taym
- Turkish
- Teym
- Arabic
- تَيْم