by Jim Young (guest)
1/25/2020, 12:51 PM
Have you any examples of this as a surname? I'm doing some guessing here, but considering the possibility that it is a female title in some Arab or Muslim societies. Hanim is Turkish for 'lady', doubtless from the Persian/Turkic Khanum, female equivalent of Khan.
Just a thought. An example of Hanem following a male given name would disprove this idea.