Aladdin (Arabic: علاء الدين, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn) (also spelled Ala-ud-din, Ala-ad-din, Alaeddin, Alauddin, Allaedin, or Alaattin) is a male given name which means "nobility of faith" or "nobility of religion". It is one of a large class of names ending with ad-Din. The name may refer to:
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- Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashq, or Ibn al-Nafis, (1213-1288), Arab Muslim polymath
- ‘Ala’ al-Din ‘Ata Malik Juvayni, a 13th-century Persian historian
- Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari, a 13th-century Sufi saint
- Al al-Din (died 1312), a 13th-century military expert sent to China
- Allauddin Khan, a 20th-century Indian musician
- Alauddin Al-Azad, a 20th-century Bangladeshi writer
- Alauddin Masood, a 20th-century Pakistani bureaucrat
- Allauddin (Pakistani actor), born 1923
- Hassan Alaa Eddin (Chouchou), Lebanese actor
- Alā'-ud-dīn Muhammad Husni Sayyid Mubarak, Egyptian businessman
- Aladdin (performer), full name Aladdin Abdullah Achmed Anthony Pallante, violinist on Lawrence Welk Show
- Allaedin Ghoraifi (born 1945), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Alaa El-Din Abdul Moneim (born 1951), Egyptian politician
- Alaattin Çakıcı (born 1953), Turkish ultra-nationalist and convicted criminal
- Dlawer Ala'Aldeen (born 1960), Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
- Alaeddine Yahia (born 1981), Tunisian-French footballer
- Alaa-Eddine al Oujli (born 1984), Libyan footballer
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- Alā ud-Dīn Atsiz, Khwarazm Shah from 1127 until his death in 1156
- Ala ad-Din Tekish, (died 1200), Khwarazm Shah from 1172
- Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarezm (died 1221), Khwarazm Shah from 1200
- Ala ud din Masud, a 13th-century Sultan of Delhi
- Alaeddin Keykubad (disambiguation), name of three Seljuk Sultans in Anatolia
- Kayqubad I, 'Alā al-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykā'ūs (died 1237)
- Kayqubad II, 'Alā al-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykhusraw (died 1256)
- Kayqubad III, 'Alā al-Dīn Kayqubād bin Ferāmurz (died 1302)
- Alauddin Khilji, a 14th-century ruler in India
- Alaeddin Pasha, son of Osman I and brother of Orhan I, first Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- Alauddin Ali Shah, a 14th-century ruler in Bengal
- Ala'a ad-Din Kujuk, (1334-1345), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 1341 to 1342
- Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, the founder in the 14th century of the Bahmani Sultanate
- Alauddin Riayat Shah of Malacca, a 15th-century sultan renowned in legend
- Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor, his grandson, founder of the Sultanate of Johor in the 16th century
- Alauddin al-Kahar, a 16th-century Sultan of Aceh
- Alauddin Husain Shah, a 16th-century Sultan of Bengal
- Alauddin Alam Shah, the last Malay Sultan of Singapore (in the 19th century)
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