Given name · Arabic
عبد الرحمن
“servant”·“merciful”
عبد الرحمن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ʕabd ar-raḥmān.
Meaning & origin
What it means
عبد الرحمن is built from elements meaning “servant” and “merciful”.
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عبد الرحمن’s family of names
In Arabic usage, عبد الرحمن has a later derivative in ܥܒܕܪܚܡܢ. In Arabic usage, عبد الرحمن can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʕabd ar-raḥmān. In Arabic usage, عبد الرحمن has a related form in عَبْد الرَّحْمَان.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named عبد الرحمن
- Ibn Khaldunhistoriographer and historian1332–1406
- JamiPersian poet (1414–1492)
- Tunku Abdul Rahmanfirst Prime Minister of Malaysia (1903-1990)
- Abd al-Rahman IEmir of Córdoba from 756 to 788731–788
- Abd al-Rahman al-SufiPersian astronomer (903-986)
- Abdur Rahman KhanEmir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 19011840–1901
- Abu Hurayracompanion of Muhammad602–679
- Abd ar-Rahman IIEmir of Cordoba from 822 to 852792–852
- Abdul Rahman ArifPresident of Iraq from 1966 to 19681916–2007
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