Given name & surname
Uthman
“resembling a young bustard”
Uthman is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a young bustard.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a young bustard.”
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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Uthman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 348
- 348 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,240 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,240 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 277 as a first name in 2020; 200 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.
Uthman’s family of names
In English usage, Uthman shares an earlier linguistic root with Osman. Uthman has a related form in Usman. In English usage, Uthman shares an earlier linguistic root with OTTOMAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Osmandoublet · English
- Ousmaneequivalent
- ܥܘܬܡܢequivalent
- ઉસ્માનequivalent
- عثمانequivalent
- उस्मानequivalent
- Otmaneequivalent
- Othmaneequivalent
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People named Uthman
- UthmanCaliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656574–656
- Uthman ibn Maz'unCompanion of Muhammad
- Uthman ibn AliSon of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (died 680)647–680
- Abu Said Uthman IIIMarinid Sultan (r. 1398–1420)1383–1420
- Abu Sa'id Uthman I, MarinidMarinid Sheikh (1196–1240)
- Uthman TahaSyrian-Saudi calligrapherborn 1934
- Uthman ibn Abi al-AsCompanion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Ibn al-HajibMaliki jurist1174–1249
- Abu Sa'id Uthman I, Abd al-WadidRuler of Tlemcen Kingdom from 1283 to 13031233–1304
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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