Nizam (name)
# Nizam (name)

Nizam or Nezam is both a given name and a surname. It is derived from the Arabic word نِظَام niẓām, meaning "order, system", often by way of Persian. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Nizam Bai (c.1643–1692), Mughal princess consort
* Khwaja Nizam ad Din, Pakistani Sufi
* Nezam Hafiz (1969–2001), Guyanese-born American cricketer
* Hairul Nizam Hanif (born 1979), Malaysian footballer
* Sikandar Lodi (died 1517), born Nizam Kahn, Sultan of Delhi
* Saiful Nizam Miswan (born 1981), Malaysian footballer
* Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk (died 1149 or 1150), Persian vizier
* Nizam al-Mulk (1018–1092), Persian scholar and vizier
* Tuan Nizam Muthaliff (1966–2005), Sri Lankan military intelligence officer
* Nizam al-Din Nishapuri (died 1328 or 1329), Persian mathematician and poet
* Nazim Pasha (1848–1913), Chief of Staff of the Army of the Ottoman Empire
* Nizam Peerwani, American medical examiner
* Burhan Nizam Shah I (c. 1503 – 1553), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
* Burhan Nizam Shah II (died 1595), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
* Hussain Nizam Shah I (born 1555; unknown death date), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
* Murtaza Nizam Shah III, Sultan of Ahmadnagar
* Nizam al-Din Yahya (c. 1417 – 1480), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan

## Surname

* Ahmed Nizam (born 1986), Indian cricketer
* Khairul Nizam (born 1991), Singaporean footballer
* Mohamed Nizam (born 1974), Maldivian footballer
* Musa Nizam (born 1990), Turkish footballer
* Naem Nizam, Bangladeshi newspaper editor
* Sarwar Jahan Nizam (born 1952), Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy
* Sheen Kaaf Nizam (born 1947), Urdu poet
* Zaiful Nizam (born 1987), Singaporean footballer
