Rabia

Rabia or Rabiah is the transliteration of two Arabic names written differently in Arabic text however they may be written similarly in the Latin script:


 * An Arabic, usually female name ربيعة) meaning "Spring"
 * An Arabic, female name (Rābiʿah رابعة) or Rabeya meaning "spring" or "fourth female"

Rabia or Rabiah may refer to:

Male name Rabīʿah (ربيعة)

 * Rabiah ibn Kab, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
 * Rabiah ibn Mudhar (6th-century), Jewish king in present-day Yemen
 * Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (died 636), companion of Muhammad
 * Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (died 624), pre-Islamic Arab tribal leader
 * Salman ibn Rabiah (died 650), military governor of Armenia
 * Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah (died 652), Arab general of the Rashidun Caliphate
 * Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah (born 1959), Kuwaiti national formerly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay
 * Robert Rabiah (born 1986), Australian film actor and writer
 * Tawfiq Al Rabiah (born 1965), Saudi minister
 * Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), Egyptian member of al-Qaeda
 * Hamad Abu Rabia (1929–1981), Israeli-Arab politician
 * Hassan Rabia (born 1984), Omani footballer
 * Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi (born 1981), Omani footballer
 * Ramy Rabia (born 1993), Egyptian footballer
 * Rabia Makhloufi (born 1986), Algerian steeplechase runner

Female name Rābiʿah (رابعة)

 * Rabia Akyürek (born 1999), Turkish wheelchair basketball player
 * Rabia of Basra (710s–801), female Muslim Sufi saint
 * Rabia Balkhi (10th century), semi-legendary figure of Persian literature
 * Rabia Bala Hatun (died 1324), haseki of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, mother and Valide Sultan of Sultan Mustafa II and Ahmed III
 * Rabia Sultan (died 1712), haseki of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II
 * Rabia Şermi Kadın (died 1732), consort of Sultan Ahmed III and mother of Sultan Abdülhamid I
 * Cheikha Rabia (born 1944), Algerian singer
 * Rabia Ashiq (born 1992), Pakistani athlete
 * Rabia Butt, Pakistani model and actress
 * Rabia Cirit (born 1998), Turkish female para-athlete
 * Rabia Kayahan (born 2000), Turkish female armwrestler
 * Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
 * Rabia Qari, Pakistani barrister
 * Rabiah Hutchinson (born 1953), Australian militant Islamist leader
 * Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born 1976), Israeli Bedouin anthropologist and sociologist

Rabeya

 * Rabeya Alim (born 1950), Bangladesh Awami League politician
 * Rabeya Chowdhury (fl. 1979–2006), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
 * Rabeya Khan, Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Rabeya Khatun (1935–2021), Bangladeshi novelist
 * Rabia Bhuiyan (fl. 1996–2001), Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician

Places

 * Al-Rabiaa, a village in northwestern Syria
 * Diyar Rabi'a, the medieval Arabic name of the easternmost province of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia)
 * Oum Rabia, a commune in Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco
 * Rabia, Iraq, a small border crossing town between Iraq and Syria
 * Rabia, Syria, a town in the Latakia Governorate, northwestern Syria

Other uses

 * Rabīʿa, an Arab tribe
 * Rabia School, Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
 * Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque, a mosque in Cairo, Egypt
 * Rabia sign, a hand gesture
 * Rabeya (2008 film), Bangladeshi film