Kazem

One who holds back anger.

Kazem is a masculine name with an Arabic root and an established Persian form. Its meaning is “one who holds back anger”: restraint in the face of a feeling, rather than the absence of that feeling. It is written کاظم in Persian and كاظم in Arabic. The name has a religious connection through Musa al-Kazem, the seventh imam in Twelver Shia Islam. Alongside that association, the sound itself has a measured quality: a clear k opening settles into a closed m ending. Kazem may appeal to someone who prefers a composed, substantial name over an airy or decorative one. The Iranian Persian reading kâzem and Arabic kāẓim reflect different pronunciations of the same underlying name.

Etymology: A Persian form of Arabic Kazim, also used as an Arabic transcription. The Arabic participle kāẓim describes someone who restrains anger.