Uthman (name)

Uthman (also spelled Othman, Arabic: عثمان,) is a male Arabic given name. It is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is no -th 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.

The following people share this name:

• Uthman ibn Affan, third caliph of Muslims;
• Uthman Abu Qahafa Abu Bakr's father
• 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 caliph
• 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