Asem (also spelled Aasem, Assem, Asim, Aasim, Assim Arabic: عاصم ‘āṣim) is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "savior, protector, guardian, defender." Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent." It is not related to the Indian given name Asim.
Given name
- Asim ibn Omar, famous Tabi'un and Early Hadith scholar.
- Umm Asim bint Asim, was the mother of Umayyad caliph Umar II (r. 717–720) and wife of Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan.
- Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant
- Asım Akin (born 1940), Turkish physician
- Abu Asim Azmi (born 1955), Indian politician
- Asım Orhan Barut (1926-1994), Turkish-American theoretical physicist
- Asim Brkan (born 1954), Bosnian singer, musician and artist
- Asim Ferhatović (1933-1987), Bosnian footballer
- Asim Sarajlić (born 1975), Bosnian politician
- Asim Peco (1927-2011), Bosnian linguist
- Asim Kurjak (born 1942), Bosnian scientist
- Asım Can Gündüz (1955-2016), Turkish rock and blues guitarist
- Asım Güzelbey (born 1951), Turkish politician
- Assem Hammoud, Lebanese alleged Al Qaeda operative
- Assem Jaber (born 1946), Lebanese diplomat
- Assem Jarrah (born 1962), great-uncle or distant cousin of Ziad Jarrah
- Assem Marei (born 1992), Egyptian basketball player
- Asim Kamal (born 1976), Pakistan Test cricketer
- Asim Khan (cricketer) (1962-2024), Pakistani-born Dutch cricketer
- Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi (born 1959), Palestinian political writer
- Prince Asem bin Al Nayef (born 1948), Jordanian prince
- Asım Pars (1976-2024), Bosnian-Turkish basketball player
- Assem Qanso (born 1937), Lebanese politician
- Asim Saeed (born 1979), Emirati cricketer
- Asem Tasbulatova, Kazakh singer
- Asim Azhar (born 1996), Pakistani Singer
- Assim Al-Hakeem (born 1962), Islamic scholar
Surname
- Princess Nejla bint Asem, Jordanian princess
- Princess Sana Asem, Jordanian princess