Given name & surname
Abdurrahman
Abdurrahman is a surname from Arabic. It is used in English, Turkish, and Albanian.
Original ArabicAbdalrahman
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdurrahman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,065
- 1,065 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #2,719 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,719 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 2014. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 868 as a first name in 2020; 708 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abdurrahman’s family of names
In Arabic usage, Abdurrahman has a related form in ABDALRAHMAN. In English usage, Abdurrahman as a surname has a related form in ABDELRAHMAN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Abdurrahman
- Abdurrahman Wahid4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)
- Abdurrahman SharafkandiKurdish poet (1920-1991)
- Abdurrahman VazirovAzerbaijani politician (1930–2022)
- Abdurrahman Nurettin PashaOttoman statesman and vizier (1833–1912)1836–1912
- Abdi Pasha the AlbanianOttoman Albanian general (1616-1686)
- Abdurrahman BaswedanIndonesian journalist (1908–1986)
- Abdurrahman DereliTurkish association football player (born 1981)
- Abdul-Rahman al-Barraksenior Saudi cleric, close to the royal familyborn 1933
- Abdurrahman Gaziottoman military commander1300–1329
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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