Haitham

Haytham

Pronunciation	Hay-tham, Hai-sam
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Aramaic, Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Young hawk or just hawk
Region of origin	Middle East, North Africa
Other names
Alternative spelling	Haytham, Haithem, Heithem
Variant form(s)	Haithem, Haytham

Haytham, Haitham or Haitem (Arabic: هيثم) male given name meaning "hawk". It is highly popular among Middle Eastern communities.

Notable people with this name include:

• Ibn al-Haytham (965-1040), Mesopotamian Muslim polymath
• Haytham I, Shirvanshah (r. 861-?)
• Haytham II, Shirvanshah
• Haitham Ahmed Zaki (born 1984), Egyptian actor
• Haithem Al-Matroushi (born 1988), Emirati footballer
• Haithem Ben Alayech (born 1989), Tunisian wrestler
• Haitham El Hossainy (born 1977), Egyptian judoka
• Haitham Kadhim (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
• Haithem Mahmoud (born 1991), Egyptian wrestler
• Haitham Mrabet (born 1980), Tunisian footballer
• Haitham Mustafa (born 1977), Sudanese footballer
• Haitham Yousif (born 1969), Assyrian singer
• Haitham Zein (born 1979), Lebanese footballer
• Haytham Faour (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
• Haytham Tambal (born 1978), Sudanese football striker
• Malik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuza'i, Khurasan missionary leader
• Haitham bin Tariq (born 1955), present Sultan of Oman

Fictional characters

• Haytham Kenway, character in the Assassin's Creed video game franchise
• Alhaitham, a character in the video game Genshin Impact