Uthman (also spelled Othman, Arabic: عثمان) is a male Arabic given name. It is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is no -th sound in Persian, Bosnian and Turkish, where it is also used. It is also used as surname.
It is also a less common name of German origins.
The following people share this name:
Uthman ibn Affan, third caliph of Muslims;
Uthman Abu Qahafa Abu Bakr's father
Uthman ibn Ali, brother of Abbas, among the casualties at the Battle of Karbala
Uthman al-Asghar, one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Uthman al-Akbar, one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Uthman ibn Naissa, a Berber Wāli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania.
Uthman I, a Marinid caliph
Osman I, the first Ottoman ruler.
Uthman ibn Ali (Bey of Tunis), the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814.
Othman Al Omeir, a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor.
Othman Saat, a former Chief Minister of the state of Johor in Malaysia.
Middle name
Al-Aziz Uthman, the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
Azalina Othman Said, a tourism minister of Malaysia
Surname and others
Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a former Sultan of Deli
Abdul Ghani Othman, the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
Abdullatif bin Ahmed Al Othman, the governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
