Abd ar-Rahman

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts عبد الرحمٰن(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ʕab.dur.raħ.ˈmaːn/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with رحْمن (raḥman) meaning "merciful". This was the name of two early caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Related Names

Rootsʿabd + raḥman
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 October 6, 2024