Rahman (name)
Rahman or Rehman is an Arabic and Hebrew origin surname meaning "Gracious", "King", "Merciful" or "Lord" based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. With nisba, the name becomes Rehmani, meaning "descendant of the gracious one". It is also used as a surname by some people belonging to the Sayyed community and some Pashtuns in India and Pakistan.
The Rahman/Rehman name doesn't represent any religion but it is common name In Islam, Ar-Rahman is one of the Names of God and name of the surah.
People
- A. R. Rahman, Oscar Award-winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
- Aarif Lee , Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
- Amrah bint Abdul Rahman, Islamic scholar
- Emomali Rahmon , President of Tajikistan since 1994
- Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
- Kader Rahman, Hong Kong field hockey player
- Merina Rahman, Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
- Mizan Rahman, Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
- Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, attempted assassin of Theresa May
- Perween Rahman, Pakistani social activist
- Rahaman Ali, American boxer
- Tahera Rahman, American newscaster
- Tahmidur Rahman, Bangladeshi chess player
- Talyn Rahman-Figueroa, British diplomatic director and novelist
- Zoe Rahman, 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:- Abd al-Rahman
- Anis-ur-Rahman
- Ashiq-ur-Rahman
- Ata-ur-Rahman
- Azizur Rahman
- Fazl ur Rahman
- Ghulam Rahman
- Habib ur Rahman
- Khalil-ur-Rahman
- Latif-ur-Rahman
- Lutf-ur-Rahman
- Mahbub ur Rahman
- Mahfuz ur Rahman
- Mahmud ur Rahman
- Matiur Rahman
- Mizan-ur-Rahman
- Mustafiz-ur-Rahman
- Saif ur Rahman
- Shafiq ur Rahman
- Shams ur Rahman
- Zia ur Rahman
- Abdur Rehman Peshawari, Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
- Ahfaz-ur-Rahman, Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
- Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari, Pakistani politician
- Akbar-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
- Alaur Rahman, Bangladeshi-born British singer
- Asad Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
- Maqbular Rahman Sarkar, Bangladeshi academic and tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University
- Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman, Pakistani Politician
- Fasih Ur Rehman, Pakistani dancer
- Hafeez Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
- Hafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi author and newspaper editor
- Hifz-ur-Rehman, Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist
- Ijaz-ur-Rehman, Pakistani ten-pin bowler
- Latif-ur-Rehman, Pakistani field hockey player
- Latifur Rahman, Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Latifur Rahman (businessman), Bangladeshi businessman
- Montazur Rahman Akbar, Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding leader of Bangladesh
- Mujibur Rehman, Indian anti-corruption activist
- Mujibur Rahman, a regular TV guest
- Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman, Pakistani grand mufti
- Naimur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani industrialist and politician
- Raza-ur-Rehman, Canadian cricketer
- Riaz-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
- Riaz ur Rehman Saghar Pakistani poet and lyricist active in cinema
- Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer
- Sadiqur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Indian writer
- Shafi ur Rahman, judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Shafiur Rahman, martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
- Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Pakistani newspaper editor
- Tanzil-ur-Rahman Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
- Wali-ur-Rehman, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan commander
- Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan, Bangladeshi businessman
- Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Alias
- Rahman, alias of Iskandar bin Rahmat, Singaporean convicted murderer and former police officer who was under a sentence of death since December 2015 for the 2013 Kovan double murders of Tan Boon Sin and Tan Chee Heong in Singapore.