Meaning, origin and history of the name Imran

Gender Masculine

Scripts عمران(Arabic, Urdu, Shahmukhi) ইমরান(Bengali)

Pronounced Pron. ‘eem-RAN(Arabic) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Arabic form of Amram. This is the name Muslims traditionally assign to the father of the Virgin Mary (analogous to the Christian Joachim).

VariantsImram, Omran, Umran(Arabic)

Other Languages & CulturesAmram(Biblical) Ambram(Biblical Greek) Amram(Biblical Hebrew) Amram(Biblical Latin) Amram(Hebrew) Ümran(Turkish)

User Submissionİmran

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