Uthman (name)
 Calligraphic representation of Uthman al-Ghani name | |
| Pronunciation | Uthman (Arabic: عثمان) Osman (Turkic) Usman (Persian) Osman (Bosnian) |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Semitic (Arabic) |
| Meaning | Arabic: Wise, Most powerful |
| Region of origin | Arabia (Middle East) |
Uthman (also spelled Othman, Template:Lang-ar ʿuthmān) is a male Arabic given name[1] with the general meaning of “wise, most powerful, and intuitive serpent" or "offspring of the bustard" and it is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is no /θ/ sound in Persian, Bosnian, Turkish, and in some Arabic dialects, where it is also used. It is also used as surname.
It is also a less common name of German origins. [2]
Given name
The following people share this name:
- Uthman ibn Affan, third Rashidun caliph and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad ;
- Uthman Abu Qahafa father of Abu Bakr
- 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 ruler.
- Uthman, a Hafsid ruler.
- 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
- 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)
- Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture
- Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a former Sultan of Deli
- Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
Fiction
- Othman, a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini book Inheritance.
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Uthman Qur'an
- Usman Institute of Technology
- Usmanu Danfodio University
- Osmanya script
- Osmania University
- Saidina Uthman Bin Affan Mosque
References
- ^ Origin of the name USMAN Names
- ^ German name Othman Baby Names Archived April 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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