Osama (name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Meaning | lion |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Oussama, Usama, Usamah |
Osama (Arabic: أسامة, Usāmah), alternative writing Oussama, Usama and Usamah is one of many Arabic male given names for "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal. Those with the name include:
Given name
- Osama
- Osama, the ring name for professional wrestler, Armando Estrada
- Osama Abdul Latif, Sudanese businessman
- Osama Sleem
- Osama Abdusalam, Libyan football midfielder for Akhdar
Osama shaheen Jordanian prof and businessman
- Osama Afifi, professional bassist
- Osama Ali (born 1988), Iraqi footballer
- Osama Alomar (born 1968), Syrian poet
- Osama Baani (born 1984), Libyan football defender
- Osama El-Baz (born 1931), Egyptian diplomat
- Osama Eldawoody, American undercover police officer
- Osama Elsamni (born 1988), Egyptian footballer born in Japan
- Osama Al Hamady (born 1975), Libyan football defender for Al-Ittihad
- Osama Hamdan (born 1965), senior member of Hamas
- Osama Hassan Ahmed, English terror suspect
- Osama Hassan (born 1979), Egyptian footballer with Ittihad
- Osama Hawsawi (born 1984), Saudi Arabian footballer
- Osama Hosny (born 1982), Egyptian footballer
- Osama Hussain (born 1971), Kuwaiti football Right-back, centre-back
- Osama Hussien Ali (born 1987), Iraqi football goalkeeper for Baghdad FC
- Osama Al-Khurafi (born 1963), Kuwaiti fencer
- Osama bin Laden (1957–2011), deceased leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda
- Osama Ali Maher (born 1968), Swedish conservative politician and Member of Parliament
- Osama Malik (born 1990), Australian footballer
- Osama Mazini, Palestinian politician
- Osama Mohamed (born 1979), Egyptian footballer
- Osama Mounir, Christian Egyptian TV personality
- Osama Al-Muwallad (born 1984), Saudi Arabian football defender
- Osama Nabih (born 1975), Egyptian footballer for Itesalat
- Osama Anwar Okasha (1941–2010), Egyptian screenwriter and journalist
- Osama Orabi (born 1962), Egyptian footballer
- Osama El-Rady (1930–2005), Saudi psychiatrist
- Osama Rashid (born 1992), Dutch footballer[1]
- Osama Saeed, Scottish politician
- Osama Al-Zain, filmmaker and writer
- Oussama
- Oussama Assaidi (born 1988), a Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent
- Oussama Bengad (born 1994), a Moroccan-Swedish fashion model and the spokesperson for the brand Dolce & Gabbana
- Oussama Cherribi (born 1959) is a Moroccan-Dutch sociologist and former politician for the VVD party
- Oussama Darragi (born 1987), a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a playmaker
- Oussama Essabr (born 1989), a Moroccan father Libyan mother footballer
- Oussama Kassir (born 1966), a Lebanese-born Swedish militant Islamist
- Oussama Mellouli (born 1984), a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events
- Oussama Sellami (born 1979), a Tunisian football player
- Oussama Souaidy (born 1981), a Moroccan football player
- Usama
- Usama Halabi (born 1959), advocate and senior lawyer in Jerusalem
- Usama Hasan, English religious writer
- Usama Al-Kini (died 2008), Kenyan Al-Qaeda member
- Usama Muhammad (born 1954), Syrian film director and screenwriter
- Usama Alshaibi (born 1969), Iraqi-American independent filmmaker and visual artist
- Usama Young (born 1985), New Orleans Saints cornerback
- Usamah ibn Munqidh, 12th-century Arab historian, diplomat, and warrior
Surname
- Shahenga Osama, Egyptian squash player
- Yehia Osama (born 1990), Egyptian football player