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Rahman (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Region of origin
  
Middle East

Word/name
  
Arabic

Related names
  
Rahim, Rehman

Meaning
  
[Servant of] the Most Compassionate,

Rahman (Arabic: رحمان‎‎, Raḥmān) is an Arabic male name, short for Abdu r-Raḥmān "Servant of the Most Merciful", ar-Rahman being one of the Names of God in Islam. Raḥmān is the elative of raḥīm "merciful", based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M With nisba, the name becomes Rahmani and is used as a surname.

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Given name

  • Rahman Syed (1932 – 2009), Pakistani entomologist
  • Rahman (Bangladeshi actor) (1937 – 2005), Bangladeshi film actor and director
  • Rahman Ali (1943), American boxer
  • Rahman Gumbo (1963), Zimbabwean soccer coach (currently coaching the national team)
  • Rahman (actor) (1967), South Indian film actor
  • Rahman Rezaei (1975), Iranian footballer
  • Rahman Ahmadi (1980), Iranian footballer
  • Rrahman Hallaçi (1983), Albanian footballer
  • Rahman Dadman , Iranian politician
  • Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury, Indian politician

    • Surname

  • A. R. Rahman, Oscar Award winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
  • Aarif Lee, born Aarif Rahman. Hong Kong born Chinese Canadian singer, songwriter and award winning actor of Chinese, Arab and Malay descent.
  • Clyde Rahman (1931-2009), Nation of Islam leader.
  • Emomalii Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan
  • Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
  • Perween Rahman (1957-2013), Pakistani social activist
  • Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (born 1985), Diplomatic Director and novelist
  • Waheeda Rehman, Indian film actress
  • Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricket player

    • Second half of compound name

    See the following name pages:

  • Abdur Rahman
  • Anisur Rahman
  • Ata-ur-Rahman
  • Azizur Rahman
  • Fazl ur Rahman
  • Habib ur Rahman
  • Khalil-ur-Rehman
  • Lutfur Rahman (disambiguation)
  • Mahbubur Rahman
  • Matiur Rahman
  • Mizanur Rahman
  • Saifur Rahman
  • Shafiq ur Rahman
  • Shamsur Rahman
  • Ziaur Rahman

    • also the following individual names

  • Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (born 1942), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
  • Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari, Pakistani politician
  • Akbar-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
  • Alaur Rahman (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British singer
  • Asad Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
  • Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (born 1970), Pakistani Politician
  • Fasih Ur Rehman, Pakistani dancer
  • Hafeez Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
  • Hafizur Rahman (born 1959), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Hasan Hafizur Rahman (1932–1983), Bangladeshi author and newspaper editor
  • Hifz-ur-Rehman (died 1970), Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist
  • Ijaz-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani ten-pin bowler
  • M. Jaffar-ur-Rehman (died 2005), Pakistani computer scientist
  • Latif-ur-Rehman (born 1929), Pakistani field hockey player
  • Latifur Rahman (born 1936), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
  • Montazur Rahman Akbar (born 1957), Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975), founding leader of Bangladesh
  • Mujibur Rehman, Indian anti-corruption activist
  • Mujibur Rahman, of the Mujibur and Sirajul regular TV guests
  • Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman, Pakistani grand mufti
  • Naimur Rahman (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani industrialist and politician
  • Raza-ur-Rehman (born 1985), Canadian cricketer
  • Riaz-ur-Rehman (1940–1966), Pakistani cricketer
  • Riaz ur Rehman Saghar (1940-2013) Pakistani poet and lyricist active in cinema
  • Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer
  • Sadiqur Rahman (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Haji Saeed Ur Rehman Khan Karar (born 1929), Pakistani landlord, trader, politician
  • Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1943–2006), Indian writer
  • Shafi ur Rahman (born 1929), judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
  • Shafiur Rahman (1918–1952), martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
  • Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Pakistani newspaper editor
  • Tanzil-ur-Rahman (born 1928) Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
  • Wali-ur-Rehman (c. 1970-2013), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander
  • Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan (born 1952), Bangladeshi businessman
  • Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (born c. 1960), a leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba

    • References

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