Najim is an Arabic given name and a surname meaning "star".^[1] It may refer to:

People

Given name

• Najim (singer), Algerian singer
• Najim Arshad (born 1986), Indian playback singer and music director
• Najim Haddouchi (born 1997), Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent
• Najim Haidary (born 1999), Afghan footballer
• Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri, Iraqi Major General and governor
• Najim Laachraoui (1991–2016), also known as Abū Idrīs al-Baljīkī or Soufiane Kayal, was a Belgian-Moroccan Islamic militant loyal to the Islamic State and was one of two suicide bombers at the Brussels Airport in the 2016 Brussels bombings
• Najim al-Radwan (born 1972), Saudi Arabian weightlifter
• Najim Abdallah Zahwen Al Ujayli, Iraqi general

Middle name

• Daham Najim Bashir (born 1979), Qatari athlete
• Mohanad Najim Aleqabi (born 1979), Iraqi journalist

Surname

• Abderahim Najim (born 1954), Moroccan Olympic boxer
• Ali Najim (born 1989), Kuwaiti radio personality
• Daham Najim Bashir (born 1979), runner now representing Qatar after switching from Kenya
• Haidar Najim (born 1967), Iraqi footballer
• M. M. M. Najim or Mohamed Mujithaba Mohamed Najim, a Vice Chancellor of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
• Mohammed Najim, Iraqi footballer
• Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim (born c. 1937), Iraqi politician, government minister and ambassador