Osama (name)
Osama, also spelt Osamah, Oussama, Usama, and other variants, is an Arabic masculine given name.
The name derives from the same stem of the noun اسم "name", and means more or less "the one with a name"; it also has the additional meaning of "lion". The root is derived from Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-. Osama is one of several Arabic names denoting some aspect of the lion.
The name has declined drastically in popularity in Britain since 2001, mainly due to negative associations with al-Qaeda's general emir Osama bin Laden.
People with the given name
Osama
- Osama, a former ring name of American wrestler Armando Estrada
- Osama bin Laden, founder of al-Qaeda
- Osama Abdusalam, Libyan football midfielder
- Osama Afifi, American bassist
- Osama Ali, Iraqi footballer
- Osama Jamil Ali, Kurdish politician
- Osama Alomar, Syrian poet
- Osama El-Baz, Egyptian diplomat
- Osama Eldawoody, American undercover police officer
- Osama Elsamni, Egyptian footballer born in Japan
- Osama Al Hamady, Libyan football defender for Al-Ittihad
- Osama Hamdan, senior member of Hamas
- Osama Hassan Ahmed, English terror suspect
- Osama Hassan, Egyptian footballer with Ittihad
- Osama Hawsawi, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Osama Hosny, Egyptian footballer
- Osama Hussain, Kuwaiti football defender
- Osama Kamal, Egyptian engineer and politician
- Osama Al-Khurafi, Kuwaiti fencer
- Osama Ali Maher, Swedish conservative politician and Member of Parliament
- Osama Malik, Australian footballer
- Osama Mazini, Palestinian politician
- Osama Mohamed, Egyptian footballer
- Osama Mounir, Christian Egyptian TV personality
- Osama Al-Muwallad, Saudi Arabian football defender
- Osama Nabih, Egyptian footballer for Itesalat
- Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist
- Osama Orabi, Egyptian footballer
- Osama El-Rady, Saudi psychiatrist
- Osama Rashid, Dutch footballer
- Osama Saad, Lebanese politician
- Osama Saeed, Scottish politician
- Osama Vinladen, Peruvian footballer
- Osama Al-Zain, Palestinian filmmaker and writer
Osamah
- Osamah Almarwai is a Saudi-born martial artist in the United States
- Osamah Al-Shanqiti, Saudi Arabian athlete
- Osamah Sami, Iraqi-Australian actor, writer, and comedian
Oussama
- Oussama Assaidi, Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent
- Oussama Cherribi, Moroccan-Dutch sociologist and former politician for the VVD party
- Oussama Darragi, Tunisian professional footballer
- Oussama Essabr, Moroccan father Libyan mother footballer
- Oussama Kassir, Lebanese-born Swedish militant Islamist
- Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
- Oussama Sellami, Tunisian football player
- Oussama Souaidy, Moroccan football player.
Usama
- Usama ibn Zayd, an early Muslim and Companion of the Prophet
- Usama Halabi, advocate and senior lawyer in Jerusalem
- Usama Hasan, British astronomer and religious writer
- Usama Al-Kini, Kenyan Al-Qaeda member
- Usama Muhammad, Syrian film director and screenwriter
- Usama Mukwaya, Ugandan screenwriter and director
- Usama Alshaibi, Iraqi-American independent filmmaker and visual artist
- Usama Young, American football player
- Usama Ishtay, Syrian-Venezuelan fashion designer
- Usamah ibn Munqidh, 12th-century Arab historian, diplomat, and warrior