Haitham

Haytham, Haitham or Haitem (Arabic: هيثم) is an Arabic male name meaning "young hawk" or "young eagle". It is highly popular among Middle Eastern communities and originated in Arab States of the Persian Gulf.

Haytham

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

Notable people with this name include:

Given name

• 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
• Haytham Faour (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
• Haitham Kadhim (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
• Haithem Mahmoud (born 1991), Egyptian wrestler
• Haitham Mrabet (born 1980), Tunisian footballer
• Haitham Mustafa (born 1977), Sudanese footballer
• Haytham Ali Tabatabai (1968–2025), Lebanese Hezbollah senior commander
• Haytham Tambal (born 1978), Sudanese football striker
• Haitham bin Tariq (born 1955), present Sultan of Oman
• Haitham Yousif (born 1969), Assyrian singer
• Haitham Zein (born 1979), Lebanese footballer

Surname

• Malik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuza'i, Khurasan missionary leader

Fictional characters

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