Alim

Alim (or ʿAlīm , also anglicized as Aleem) is one of the Names of God in Islam, meaning "All-knowing one". It is also used as a personal name, as a short form of Abdul Alim, "Servant of the All-Knowing".

Given name

• Alim Ashirov (1955–1979), Soviet footballer
• Aleem Dar (born 1968), Pakistani cricketer
• Aleem Ford (born 1997), American-Puerto Rican basketball player
• Alim Karkayev (born 1985), Russian footballer
• Alim Khan (1774–1810), Khan of Kokand
• Alim Kouliev (born 1959), Russian-American actor and director
• Alim McNeill (born 2000), American football player
• Alim Öztürk (born 1992), Turkish footballer
• Alim Qasimov (born 1957), Azerbaijani musician
• Alim Qurbanov (born 1977), Azerbaijani footballer

Middle name

• Mohammed Alim Khan, last emir of the Manghit dynasty
• Mohammad Alim Qarar, member of the Wolesi Jirga for Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Surname

• Alim (surname), surname
• Juice Aleem, British rapper
• Mariam A. Aleem (1930–2010), Egyptian artist and academic
• Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1998), Pakistani Urdu poet

Other uses

• Ulama, plural of 'alim, an Islamic legal scholar

See also

• Abd al-Alim
• Alimullah
• Alimuddin