Hossam

Hossam or Hussam or Hosam (/ˈhɔːˈsɑːm/; Arabic: حسام‎) is an Arabic/Semitic male given name and surname.

It means the sharp sword or a cutting blade. In some traditions it translates to "sword of justice" or "sword that divides justice and injustice". The name Hosam reflects into the personality of the name holder as they often hold an unbiased stance and have the ability to be decisive to bin opposite perspectives into one.

Given name

• Hossam Abdelmoneim (born 1975), Egyptian football player
• Hossam AlJabri, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims
• Hossam Arafat (Egyptian football player) (born 1990), Egyptian footballer
• Hossam Arafat (Palestinian politician)
• Hossam Ashour (born 1986), Egyptian footballer
• Hossam Badrawi, Egyptian physician and politician
• Hossam El-Badry (born 1960), Egyptian football manager and former Footballer
• Hossam Bahgat (born c. 1978), Egyptian human rights activist and investigative journalist
• Hossam el-Hamalawy (born 1977), Egyptian journalist, blogger, photographer and socialist activist
• Hussam Fawzi, Iraqi footballer
• Hossam Ghaly (born 1981), Egyptian football midfielder
• Hossam Habib (born 1980), Egyptian singer
• Hossam Hassan (born 1966), Egyptian association football player
• Hossam Hassan (footballer born 1989) (born 1989), Egyptian footballer
• Hossam Mohammed Amin, Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein's government
• Hossam Ould Zmirli (born 1984), Algerian football player
• Hossam Ramzy, Egyptian professional percussionist, composer and music arranger
• Hossam Al-Sabah, Lebanese actor
• Hussam Al-Rassam, Iraqi singer
• Husam Waksa (born 1982) Malaysian Royalty, young corporate figure

Surname

• Youssef Hossam (born 1998), Egyptian tennis player