Nadeem is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “best friend of the drinker.” In 2024 it was given to 18 boys in the United States.
Nadeem at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“best friend of the drinker”
About the name Nadeem
Nadeem belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “best friend of the drinker” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nadeem first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2503 in 1980, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 746 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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