Rahman (name)

Rahman or Rehman (Arabic: رحمن, romanized: Raḥmān) is an Arabic and Hebrew origin surname meaning "Gracious", "King", "Merciful" or "Lord" based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rehmani, means "descendant of the gracious one" and is also used as a surname by some people belonging to Sayyed community and also by some Pashtuns/Pathans in India and Pakistan.

Rahman
رحمن

Rahman in calligraphy
Pronunciation	Rah-man
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Gracious, Merciful, King, Lord
Region of origin	Arabian Peninsula
Other names
See also	Rahim

The Rahman/Rehman name doesn't represent any religion but it is common name In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the Names of God^[1] and name of the surah.

People

• A. R. Rahman (born 1967), Oscar Award-winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
• Aarif Lee (born Aarif Rahman) (born 1987), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
• Emomali Rahmon (Tajik: Эмомалӣ Раҳмон Persian: امام‌علی رحمان [emɔmaˈli raɦˈmɔn]) (born Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов; Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov; Kulob, 5 October 1952), President of Tajikistan since 1994^[2]
• Hasim Rahman (born 1972), former heavyweight boxing champion
• Kader Rahman (1938–2024), Hong Kong field hockey player
• Merina Rahman (born 1943), Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
• Mizan Rahman (1932–2015), Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
• Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman (born 1997), attempted assassin of Theresa May
• Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
• Rahaman Ali (1943–2025), American boxer
• Tahera Rahman (born 1991), American newscaster^[3]
• Tahmidur Rahman (born 1963), Bangladeshi chess player
• Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (born 1985), British diplomatic director and novelist
• Zoe Rahman (born 1971), 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

Also the following individual names:

• Abdur Rehman Peshawari (1886–1925), Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
• Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (1942-2020), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
• Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari (born 1981), Pakistani politician
• Akbar-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
• Alaur Rahman (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British singer
• Asad Ur Rehman (born 1942), Pakistani politician
• Maqbular Rahman Sarkar (1928–1985), Bangladeshi academic and tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University
• Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (born 1970), Pakistani Politician
• Fasih Ur Rehman, Pakistani dancer
• Hafeez Ur Rehman (born 1957), Pakistani politician
• Hafizur Rahman (born 1959), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Hasan Hafizur Rahman (1932–1983), Bangladeshi author and newspaper editor
• Hifz-ur-Rehman (died 1970), Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist
• Ijaz-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani ten-pin bowler
• Latif-ur-Rehman (1929–1987), Pakistani field hockey player
• Latifur Rahman (1936–2017), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Latifur Rahman (businessman) (1945–2020), Bangladeshi businessman
• Montazur Rahman Akbar (born 1957), Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975), founding leader of Bangladesh
• Mujibur Rehman, Indian anti-corruption activist
• Mujibur Rahman, a regular TV guest (Mujibur and Sirajul)
• Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman (born 1945), Pakistani grand mufti
• Naimur Rahman (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani industrialist and politician
• Raza-ur-Rehman (born 1985), Canadian cricketer
• Riaz-ur-Rehman (1940–1966), Pakistani cricketer
• Riaz ur Rehman Saghar (1940–2013) Pakistani poet and lyricist active in cinema
• Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer
• Sadiqur Rahman (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1943–2006), Indian writer
• Shafi ur Rahman (1929–2021), judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Shafiur Rahman (1918–1952), martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
• Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman (born 1957), Pakistani newspaper editor
• Tanzil-ur-Rahman (born 1928) Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
• Wali-ur-Rehman (1970–2013), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander
• Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan (1952–2020), Bangladeshi businessman
• Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (born 1960), 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.

See also

• Rahma (disambiguation)
• Rahmane