Hisham (Arabic: هشام) is an Arabic male given name which means "generous".^[1] It is not to be confused with the similar looking, but only slightly related, Hashim.

People

Given name

• Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691–743), Umayyad caliph (r. 724–743)
• Hisham ibn al-A'as (died 635), Arab companion of Muhammad
• Hisham I of Córdoba (757–796), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
• Hisham II (966–1013), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
• Hisham III of Córdoba (died 1036), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
• Hisham Abbas (born 1963), Egyptian singer
• Hisham Barakat (1950–2015), Egyptian prosecutor
• Hisham Hafiz (1931–2006), Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher
• Hisham Jaber (born 1942), Lebanese general
• Hisham Nazer (1932–2015), Saudi Arabian politician
• Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958), Syrian politician
• Hisham Sulliman (born 1978), Arab-Israeli actor
• Hisham ibn Urwah (667–772), Muslim scholar
• Hisham Zreiq (born 1968), Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist

Surname and family name

• Ibn Hisham (died 833), Muslim historian
• Maslama ibn Hisham
• Mu'awiya ibn Hisham
• Sulayman ibn Hisham
• Yazid al-Afqam, also known as Yazid ibn Hisham