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Yahya (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
"The Lord is gracious"

Pronunciation
  
Arabic pronunciation: ['jæħjæ, ˈjaħja, ˈjɑʜjɐ]

Word/name
  
Hebrew (via Latin and Greek)

Related names
  
John, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yohannes, Yahye

Yahya (Arabic: يحيى‎‎, Yaḥyā), also written Yahia is a common Arabic male given name. Yahya (John the Baptist) having been a prophet of Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world.

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In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder; it is also a common nickname for the 12th Imam.

It may refer to:

Mononym

  • Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion
  • Yahya ibn Khalid (died 806), Vizier of the Persian Barmakids family
  • Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Murtada was an Alid Imam.
  • Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq (working 796- 806), translator of Greek scientific texts
  • Yahya ibn Asad, Samanid ruler of Shash (819-855) and Samarkand (851/852-855)
  • Yahya ibn Muhammad (aka Yahya I), Idrisid ruler (848-864)
  • Yahya ibn Yahya, sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco
  • Yahya of Antioch (Yahya ibn Sa'ïd), 11th-century Syrian chronicler
  • Yahya (Zaragoza) (fl. 1021-1029), full name Yahya ibn al-Mundhir, 11th century ruler of Zaragoza
  • Sultan Yahya (1585–1649), son of Sultan Mehmet III, a Christian convert and a claimant to the Ottoman throne
  • Yahya bey Dukagjini, Ottoman diwan poet

    • Given name

  • Yahya Ayyash (1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of Hamas
  • Yahya Goba, Yemeni-American terrorist suspect arrested and charged as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "Lackawanna Six"
  • Yahya GolMohammadi (born 1971), Iranian footballer
  • Yahya Jammeh (born 1965), president of The Gambia
  • Yahya Khan (1917–1980), former President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff
  • Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926)
  • Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
  • Yahya Al-Shehri, Saudi footballer
    • containing the name
  • Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism
  • Sultan Yahya Petra (1917–1979), sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King)

    • Surname

  • Adel Yahya, English Islamist
  • Ahmad bin Yahya, Yemeni imam
  • Ali Yahya, Israeli Arab diplomat
  • Mohammed Yahya, Pakistani politician
  • Tahir Yahya, Iraqi politician

    • References

    Yahya (name) Wikipedia
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