Rahman (name)

Rahman
رحمن
	Rahman in calligraphy
Pronunciation	Rah-man
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Gracious, Merciful, King, Lord
Region of origin	Arabian Peninsula
Other names
See also	Rahim

Rahman or Rehman (Arabic: رحمن, romanized: Raḥmān) is an Arabic and Hebrew origin surname meaning "Gracious", "King", "Merciful" or "Lord" based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rehmani, means "descendant of the gracious one" and is also used as a surname by some people belonging to Sayyed community and also by some Pashtuns/Pathans in India and Pakistan.

The Rahman/Rehman name doesn't represent any religion but it is common name In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the Names of God^[1] and name of the surah.

People

A. R. Rahman (born 1967), Oscar Award-winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
Aarif Lee (born Aarif Rahman) (born 1987), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
Emomali Rahmon (Tajik: Эмомалӣ Раҳмон Persian: امام‌علی رحمان [emɔmaˈli raɦˈmɔn]) (born Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов; Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov; Kulob, 5 October 1952), President of Tajikistan since 1994^[2]
Hasim Rahman (born 1972), former heavyweight boxing champion
Kader Rahman (1938–2024), Hong Kong field hockey player
Merina Rahman (born 1943), Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
Mizan Rahman (1932–2015), Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman (born 1997), attempted assassin of Theresa May
Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
Rahaman Ali (1943–2025), American boxer
Tahera Rahman (born 1991), American newscaster^[3]
Tahmidur Rahman (born 1963), Bangladeshi chess player
Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (born 1985), British diplomatic director and novelist
Zoe Rahman (born 1971), English jazz composer and pianist

Variations

Rahman has many ways to be written in different languages.

Second half of compound name

See the following pages:

Also the following individual names:

Abdur Rehman Peshawari (1886–1925), Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (1942-2020), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari (born 1981), Pakistani politician
Akbar-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
Alaur Rahman (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British singer
Asad Ur Rehman (born 1942), Pakistani politician
Maqbular Rahman Sarkar (1928–1985), Bangladeshi academic and tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University
Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (born 1970), Pakistani Politician
Fasih Ur Rehman, Pakistani dancer
Hafeez Ur Rehman (born 1957), Pakistani politician
Hafizur Rahman (born 1959), Bangladeshi cricketer
Hasan Hafizur Rahman (1932–1983), Bangladeshi author and newspaper editor
Hifz-ur-Rehman (died 1970), Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist
Ijaz-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani ten-pin bowler
Latif-ur-Rehman (1929–1987), Pakistani field hockey player
Latifur Rahman (1936–2017), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Latifur Rahman (businessman) (1945–2020), Bangladeshi businessman
Montazur Rahman Akbar (born 1957), Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975), founding leader of Bangladesh
Mujibur Rehman, Indian anti-corruption activist
Mujibur Rahman, a regular TV guest (Mujibur and Sirajul)
Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman (born 1945), Pakistani grand mufti
Naimur Rahman (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani industrialist and politician
Raza-ur-Rehman (born 1985), Canadian cricketer
Riaz-ur-Rehman (1940–1966), Pakistani cricketer
Riaz ur Rehman Saghar (1940–2013) Pakistani poet and lyricist active in cinema
Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer
Sadiqur Rahman (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1943–2006), Indian writer
Shafi ur Rahman (1929–2021), judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
Shafiur Rahman (1918–1952), martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman (born 1957), Pakistani newspaper editor
Tanzil-ur-Rahman (born 1928) Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
Wali-ur-Rehman (1970–2013), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander
Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan (1952–2020), Bangladeshi businessman
Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (born 1960), a leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba

Alias

Rahman, alias of Iskandar bin Rahmat, Singaporean convicted murderer and former police officer who was under a sentence of death since December 2015 for the 2013 Kovan double murders of Tan Boon Sin and Tan Chee Heong in Singapore.

References

^ Harvey, Ramon (2020). Hashas, Mohammed; al-Khatib, Mutaz (eds.). "6 Qurʾanic Values and Modernity in Contemporary Islamic Ethics: Taha Abderrahmane and Fazlur Rahman in Conversation". Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm: Taha Abderrahmane’s Philosophy in Comparative Perspectives. الأخلاق الإسلامية ونسق الائتمانية: مقاربات في فلسفة طه عبد الرحمن. Brill: 150–169. ISBN 978-90-04-43836-1. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
^ "ЭМОМАЛӢ РАҲМОН [Official Biography]". Official Website of the President of Tajikistan. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Meet the first American TV reporter to wear a hijab on the air". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.

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[1] Harvey, Ramon (2020). Hashas, Mohammed; al-Khatib, Mutaz (eds.). "6 Qurʾanic Values and Modernity in Contemporary Islamic Ethics: Taha Abderrahmane and Fazlur Rahman in Conversation". Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm: Taha Abderrahmane’s Philosophy in Comparative Perspectives. الأخلاق الإسلامية ونسق الائتمانية: مقاربات في فلسفة طه عبد الرحمن. Brill: 150–169. ISBN 978-90-04-43836-1. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

[2] "ЭМОМАЛӢ РАҲМОН [Official Biography]". Official Website of the President of Tajikistan. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[3] "Meet the first American TV reporter to wear a hijab on the air". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.

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