Qasim – Means “one who divides goods among his people”, derived from Arabic قسم (qasama) “to share” or “to divide”. This was the name of a son of Muhammad who died while young.

Qasim \q(a)-sim\ is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is “charitable, generous; one who gives to the people”.

Baby names that sound like Qasim are Kasim and Kassim. Other similar baby names are Basim and Wasim.

Wikipedia Says:

Qasim (Arabic: قاسم‎ /qāsim/; also transliterated Cassim, Casim, Kassim, Kasim, Kassem, or Qassim) is a male Arabic given name that means “the person who distributes.” A related Arabic male name is Qaseem قسیم /qasīm/.

People named Qasim include:

• Abd al-Karim Qasim Prime Minister of Iraq from July 1958 to February 1963
• Qasim ibn Muhammad, son of Muhammad
• Qasim ibn Hassan, son of the second Shia Imam Hasan and grandson of Muhammad
• Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, grandson of the first Muslim caliph Abu Bakr
• Qasim Amin, a jurist most noted as an early advocate of women’s rights in Egypt.

Tatar khans:

• Qasim Khan
• Qasim I of Astrakhan
• Qasim II of Astrakhan

Rock musicians:

• Kasim Sulton

Famous people also often referred to by their patronymic name:

• Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi, Umayyad general who conquered Sindh
• Abu `Abd Allah `Abd al-Rahman Ibn al-Qasim al-`Utaqi, known as Ibn Qasim, a Maliki scholar (d.191 AH)
• Leila Qasim, a Kurdish activist against the Iraqi Ba’ath party

A khanate, named after Qasim Khan:

• Qasim Khanate and its capital, also named after Qasim Khan
• Kasimov

A Computer Science student at FUIEMS Qasim Siddique