Rabia
Appearance
Rabia or Rabiah is the transliteration of two Arabic names written differently in Arabic text however they may be written similarly in the Latin script:
- An Arabic, usually male name (Rabīʿah ربيعة) meaning "Spring"
- An Arabic, female name (Rābiʿah رابعة) meaning "Spring" or "Fourth Female"
People
Male name Rabīʿah (ربيعة)
- Rabiah ibn Kab, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (died 636), companion of Muhammad
- Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (died 624), pre-Islamic Arab tribal leader
- Rabiah ibn Mudhar, 6th-century Jewish king in present-day Yemen
- Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah, 7th-century caliphate general
- Salman ibn Rabiah (died 650), military governor of Armenia
- Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah (born 1959), Kuwaiti national formerly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay
- Robert Rabiah (born 1986), Australian film actor and writer
- Tawfiq Al Rabiah, Saudi minister
- Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), Egyptian member of al-Qaeda
- Hamad Abu Rabia (1929–1981), Israeli-Arab politician
- Hassan Rabia (born 1984), Omani footballer
- Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi (born 1981), Omani footballer
- Ramy Rabia (born 1993), Egyptian footballer
- Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born 1976), Israeli-Arab sociologist, anthropologist, and feminist activist
- Rabia Makhloufi (born 1986), Algerian steeplechase runner
Female name Rābiʿah (رابعة)
- Rabia of Basra (710s–801), 8th-century female Muslim Sufi saint
- Rabia Balkhi, semi-legendary figure of Persian literature
- Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan (1642–1715), wife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV
- Rabia Sultan (died 1712), wife of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II
- Cheikha Rabia, Algerian singer
- Rabia Ashiq (born 1992), Pakistani athlete
- Rabia Butt, Pakistani model and actress
- Rabia Cirit (born 1998), Turkish female para-athlete
- Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
- Rabia Qari, Pakistani barrister
- Rabiah Hutchinson (born 1953), Australian militant Islamist leader
Places
- Al-Rabiaa, a village in northwestern Syria
- Diyar Rabi'a, the medieval Arabic name of the easternmost province of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia)
- Oum Rabia, a commune in Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco
- Rabia, Iraq, a small border crossing town between Iraq and Syria
- Rabia, Syria, a town in the Latakia Governorate, northwestern Syria
Other uses
- Rabīʿa, an Arab tribe
- Rabia School, Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
- Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque, a mosque in Cairo, Egypt
- Rabia sign, a hand gesture