Given name & surname
Usman
“resembling a young bustard”
Usman is a variant of Uthman. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a young bustard.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Usman is a variant of Uthman. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a young bustard.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Usman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,728
- 1,728 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 106
- #1,607 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +110%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 106 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,607 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 110.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,664 as a first name in 2020; 2,475 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.
Usman’s family of names
Usman shares a linguistic root with the English form Osman. Usman has a related form in Uthman.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Usman
- Usman GarubaSpanish basketball player (born 2002)
- Usman KhawajaAustralian cricketerborn 1986
- Usman Yusupovpolitician (1900-1966)
- Fakih UsmanIndonesian politician1904–1968
- Usman AwangMalaysian poet1929–2001
- Usman AlbishirNigerian politician, Senator for Yobe North (1945–2012)
- Usman MansoorpuriIndian Muslim scholar1944–2021
- Usman Ibrahimpolitician in Pakistanborn 1939
- Uthman bin YahyaMufti of Batavia1822–1913
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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