Abd al-Rahman

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Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts عبد الرحمٰن(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. ‘ab-door-rah-MAN
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Meaning & History

Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد ال ('abd al) meaning "servant of the" 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 Ar-Rahman, Abdul-Rahman, Abdur-Rahim, Abdur-Rahman(Arabic) Abderrahim, Abderrahmane(Arabic (Maghrebi))
Other Languages & CulturesAbdurakhman(Chechen) 'Ebdulrehman(Kurdish) Abdul-Rahman(Malay) Cabdiraxman(Somali)

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