Zaim may be a representation of the male Arabic given name Za'im / Zaeim (Arabic: ضعیم / زاعِم/ زاعيم), meaning leader, chief. Correspondingly al-Za'im (Arabic: الزعيم) means "the leader".^[1][2] Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Alexander Zaim (born 1988), Swedish footballer
• Cyril V Zaim (1655-1720), Patriarch of Antioch, nephew of Macarius
• Derviş Zaim (born 1964), Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist
• Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949), Syrian military officer and politician
• Issam Al Zaim (1940-2007), Syrian economist and former minister of industry
• Kourosh Zaim (born 1939), Iranian writer
• Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im (died 1672), Patriarch of Antioch
• Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim, Egyptian wrestler
• Naureen Zaim (born 1978), American model, actor, artist, and boxer
• Paul Za'im (1627-1669), Ottoman Syrian Orthodox clergyman and chronicler, son of Macarius

Given name:

• Mohamad Zaim Abu Hassan, Malaysian politician
• Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid (born 1989), Malaysian badminton player
• Zaim Imamović (1920-1994), Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author
• Zaim Imamović (1961-1995), Bosniak military officer
• Zaim Redžepović (born 1980), Serbian Bosniak politician
• Zaim Topčić (1920-1990), Yugoslav and Bosnian writer
• Hasnul Zaim bin Zafri (born 2002), Malaysian footballer