"Variant of Qasim"
The name Kassem is commonly a male name from the "Arabic" origin.
Kassem is an Arabic name and one of the common transliterations of Qasim. The root is the Arabic q-s-m, which has the sense of dividing or apportioning, and Qasim carries the meaning of one who divides or shares out. Because short vowels are not written in Arabic script, the same name appears in Latin letters as Qasim, Kasim, Kassem and Qasem, and Kassem is the form usual in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt.
Qasim means "Divider".
The pronunciation of Kassem is KAH-sem.
