Rahman (name)

Rahman
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Arabic
Meaning	The Compassionate
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Related names	Rahim

Rahman (Arabic: رحمان‎, Raḥmān) is an Arabic male name. It is the elative of Raḥim, based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. In Islam, the name ar-Raḥmān, meaning "The Beneficent, The Most Merciful in Essence, The Compassionate, The Most Gracious" is considered most special of the Names of God in Islam. Rahman can be short for Abdur Rahman "servant of al-Rahman"; i.e. "servant of God". With nisba, the name becomes Rahmani and is used as a surname.

Given name

• Rahman (actor), South Indian film actor
• Rahman Ahmadi, Iranian footballer
• Rahman Ali, boxer
• Rahman Dadman, Iranian politician
• Rrahman Hallaçi, Albanian footballer
• Rahman Oğuz Kobya, Turkish footballer
• Fazlur Rahman Malik, Muslim scholar long associated with the University of Chicago
• Rahman Rezaei, Iranian footballer
• Rahman Syed, Pakistani entomologist

Surname

• A. R. Rahman, Oscar Award winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
• Aarif Lee, born Aarif Rahman. Hong Kong singer, songwriter and award winning actor
• Aneesur Rahman, computational physicist
• Emomalii Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan
• Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
• Mizanur Rahman (cricketer), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Mizanur Rahman, British Islamist activist
• Naimur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding leader of Bangladesh
• Waheeda Rehman, Indian film actress
• Ziaur Rahman, former president of Bangladesh

See also

• Rehman (disambiguation)
• Abdur Rahman