Abd ar-Rahman

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts عبد الرحمٰن(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. ‘ab-door-rah-MAN  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with رحمن (rahman) meaning "merciful". This was the name of two early caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Related Names

VariantsAbd al-Rahim, Abd al-Rahman, Abd ar-Rahim, Abdul Rahman, Abdur Rahim, Abdur Rahman(Arabic) Abderrahim, Abderrahmane(Arabic (Maghrebi))
Other Languages & CulturesAbdur Rahman(Bengali) Abdurakhman(Chechen) 'Ebdulrehman(Kurdish) Abdul Rahman(Malay) Cabdiraxmaan(Somali)
Entry updated January 21, 2022