Muslim (name)
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [muslim] Persian: [muslim] |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | muslim |
Muslim (Arabic: مُسْلِم muslim), also transliterated as Moslem or Müslüm (Turkish), is an Arabic male given name meaning 'pure, clear, immaculate, clean, taintless, straight, absolute', 'devout, god-fearing, pious, complaisant, obedient, submissive', 'virtuous, chaste, modest, blameless, innocent'.
It is also the proper name for the followers of the religion Islam and solely a Muslim name.
The name Muslim is a diminutive of the name Aslam (أَسْلَم aslam), which both names stems from the male noun-name Salaam.
It may refer to:
Given name
[edit]Historical figures
[edit]- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri, d. 875 CE, hadith scholar
- Muslim ibn Aqil, Islamic figure, son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and a member of the clan of Bani Hashim, thus, he is a cousin of Hussain ibn Ali
- Muslim ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Islamic figure, a central figure among the early collectors of sīra—biographies of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad and hadith literature
- Muslim ibn Uqba, (pre-622–683) was a general of the Umayyad Caliphate during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and his son and successor Yazid I
- Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi, was governor of Khurasan for the Umayyad Caliphate in 723–724
- Muslim ibn Quraysh, d. 1085 CE, Uqaylid king (emir) of Mosul and Aleppo during 1061–1085. Considered the last strong Arab ruler of Upper Mesopotamia before the takeover of Turkic nomads
Contemporary figures
[edit]- Moslem Bahadori (1927–2022), Iranian medical scientist
- Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (born 1944), Iranian wrestler
- Moslem Al Freej (born 1988), Saudi footballer
- Moslem Firoozabadi, Iranian footballer
- Moslem Malakouti (1924–2014), Grand Ayatollah, Iranian Shiite cleric, Marja
- Moslem Mesigar (born 1984), Iranian beach soccer player
- Moslem Mojademi, Iranian footballer
- Moslem Niadoost (born 1990), Iranian middle-distance runner
- Moslem Oladghobad (born 1995), Iranian futsal player
- Moslem Rostamiha (born 1992), Iranian futsal player
- Moslem Uddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician
- Muslim Agaýew (born 1974), Turkmenistani professional football
- Muslim Ahmad (born 1989), Malaysian footballer
- Muslim Arogundade (born 1926), Nigerian athlete
- Muslim Daliyev (born 1964), Russian footballer and football coach
- Muslim Magomayev (composer) (1885–1937), Azerbaijani composer and conductor
- Muslim Magomayev (musician) (1942–2008), dubbed the "King of Songs" and the "Soviet Sinatra", Soviet Azerbajiani baritone operatic pop singer
- Muslim Mubarak (born 1985), Iraqi footballer
- Muslim Salikhov, Russian martial artist
- Muslim Sattarov (born 1965), Uzbekistani ice dancer
- Muslim Yar (born 1999), German cricketer
- Müslüm Aydoğan (born 1989), Turkish footballer
- Müslüm Can (born 1975), Turkish footballer
- Müslüm Doğan (born 1959), Turkish politician
- Müslüm Gürses (1953–2013), Turkish folk singer
- Müslüm Yelken (born 1988), Turkish footballer
Surname
[edit]- Ahmed Abou Moslem (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
- Azmi Muslim (born 1986), Malaysian footballer
See also
[edit]- Müslüm, Polatlı, village in the District of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey
- Muğancıq Müslüm, village and municipality in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
- Christian (given name)
- Muslim (disambiguation)
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