Muslim (name)
Muslim, also transliterated as Moslem or Müslüm, is an Arabic male given name meaning 'pure, clear, immaculate, clean, taintless, straight, absolute', 'devout, god-fearing, pious, complaisant, obedient, submissive', 'virtuous, chaste, modest, blameless, innocent'.
It is also the proper name for the followers of the religion Islam and solely a Muslim name.
The name Muslim is a diminutive of the name Aslam, which both names stems from the male noun-name Salaam.
It may refer to:
Given name
Historical figures
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri, d. 875 CE, hadith scholar
- Muslim ibn Aqil, Islamic figure, son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and a member of the clan of Bani Hashim, thus, he is a cousin of Hussain ibn Ali
- Muslim ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Islamic figure, a central figure among the early collectors of sīra—biographies of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad and hadith literature
- Muslim ibn Uqba, was a general of the Umayyad Caliphate during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and his son and successor Yazid I
- Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi, was governor of Khurasan for the Umayyad Caliphate in 723–724
- Muslim ibn Quraysh, d. 1085 CE, Uqaylid king of Mosul and Aleppo during 1061–1085. Considered the last strong Arab ruler of Upper Mesopotamia before the takeover of Turkic nomads
Contemporary figures
- Moslem Bahadori, Iranian medical scientist
- Moslem Eskandar-Filabi, Iranian wrestler
- Moslem Al Freej, Saudi footballer
- Moslem Firoozabadi, Iranian footballer
- Moslem Malakouti, Grand Ayatollah, Iranian Shiite cleric, Marja
- Moslem Mesigar, Iranian beach soccer player
- Moslem Mojademi, Iranian footballer
- Moslem Niadoost, Iranian middle-distance runner
- Moslem Oladghobad, Iranian futsal player
- Moslem Rostamiha, Iranian futsal player
- Moslem Uddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician
- Muslim Agaýew, Turkmenistani professional football
- Muslim Ahmad, Malaysian footballer
- Muslim Arogundade, Nigerian athlete
- Muslim Daliyev, Russian footballer and football coach
- Muslim Guiamaden, Filipino politician. He is affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and is currently serving as the second Wa'lī of Bangsamoro.
- Muslim Magomayev (composer), Azerbaijani composer and conductor
- Muslim Magomayev (musician), dubbed the "King of Songs" and the "Soviet Sinatra", Soviet Azerbaijani baritone operatic pop singer
- Muslim Mubarak, Iraqi footballer
- Muslim Salikhov, Russian martial artist
- Muslim Sattarov, Uzbekistani ice dancer
- Muslim Yar, German cricketer
- Müslüm Aydoğan, Turkish footballer
- Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
- Müslüm Doğan, Turkish politician
- Müslüm Gürses, Turkish folk singer
- Müslüm Yelken, Turkish footballer
Surname
- Ahmed Abou Moslem, Egyptian footballer
- Azmi Muslim, Malaysian footballer