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Rahman (name)#Second half of compound name

Rahman or Rehman ({{langx|ar|رحمن|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.

{{Infobox given name

| name = Rahman
رحمن

| image = Allah name 01 ar rahman.svg

| image_size =

| caption = Rahman in calligraphy

| pronunciation = Rah-man

| gender = Male

| language = Arabic

| origin =

| meaning = Gracious, Merciful, King, Lord

| region = Arabian Peninsula

| related names =

| seealso = Rahim

}}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{{Cite journal |last=Harvey |first=Ramon |title=6 Qurʾanic Values and Modernity in Contemporary Islamic Ethics: Taha Abderrahmane and Fazlur Rahman in Conversation |date=2020 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv1sr6hf2.13 |work=Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm: Taha Abderrahmane’s Philosophy in Comparative Perspectives |pages=150–169 |editor-last=Hashas |editor-first=Mohammed |access-date=2023-05-14 |series=الأخلاق الإسلامية ونسق الائتمانية: مقاربات في فلسفة طه عبد الرحمن |publisher=Brill |doi= |isbn=978-90-04-43836-1 |editor2-last=al-Khatib |editor2-first=Mutaz}} 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), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
  • Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
  • Kader Rahman (1938–2024), Hong Kong field hockey player
  • Merina Rahman, Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
  • Mizan Rahman (1932–2015), Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
  • Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, attempted assassin of Theresa May
  • Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
  • Tahera Rahman (born 1991), American newscaster{{Cite news|url=https://www.today.com/style/tahera-rahman-first-air-tv-reporter-wear-hijab-t124701|title=Meet the first American TV reporter to wear a hijab on the air|work=TODAY.com|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US}}
  • 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:

Alias

See also

References

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