Uthman (name)
Uthman (also spelled Othman, Arabic: عثمان,) is a male Arabic given name.[1] It is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is no -th sound in Persian, Bosnian, Turkish, and in some Arabic dialects, where it is also used. It is also used as surname.
It is also a less common name of German origins. [2]
The following people share this name:
- Uthman ibn Affan, third caliph of Muslims;
- Uthman Abu Qahafa Abu Bakr's father
- Uthman al-Asghar, one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman al-Akbar, one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman ibn Naissa, a Berber Wāli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania.
- Uthman I, a Marinid caliph
- Osman I, the first Ottoman ruler.
- Uthman ibn Ali (Bey of Tunis), the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814.
- Othman Al Omeir, a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor.
- Othman Saat, a former Chief Minister of the state of Johor in Malaysia.
- Middle name
- Al-Aziz Uthman, the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
- Azalina Othman Said, a tourism minister of Malaysia
- Surname and others
- Abdul Ghani Othman, the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
- Abdullatif bin Ahmed Al Othman, the governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)
- Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture
- Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a former Sultan of Deli
- Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
Fiction
- Othman, a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini book Inheritance.
See also
References
- ↑ Origin of the name USMAN Names
- ↑ German name Othman Baby Names Archived April 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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