Given name & surname · Arabic · Ottoman Turkish · Persian
عباس
عباس (abbās) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Arabic and Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Abbas.
Meaning & origin
عباس’s family of names
In Ottoman Turkish usage, عباس has a conventional equivalent in the English form Abbas. In Persian usage, عباس can be written in the Roman alphabet as abbâs. In Persian usage, عباس can be written in the Roman alphabet as abbās.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
عباس has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere عباس comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named عباس
- Abbas the GreatShah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629)1571–1629
- Abbas KiarostamiIranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016)
- Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibPaternal uncle of Muhammad (c.565–c.653)568–653
- Abbas ibn Firnas9th century astronomer and physician810–887
- Abbas II of EgyptKhedive of Egypt (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914)
- Abbas II of PersiaThe seventh Safavid king (1642–1666)1633–1666
- Abbas AraghchiIranian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1962)
- Abbas I of EgyptWāli of Egypt from 1848 to 18541812–1854
- Abbas MirzaQajar crown prince1789–1833
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