Rahman (name)

Rahman (رحمن, ) is an Arabic origin surname meaning "gracious", "King", "merciful" or "Lord" based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rahmani, means "descendant of the gracious one" and is also used as a surname. In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the Names of God.

People

 * A. R. Rahman (born 1967), Oscar Award-winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
 * Aarif Lee (born Aarif Rahman), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
 * Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
 * Merina Rahman, Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
 * Mizan Rahman (1932–2015), Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
 * Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, attempted assassin of Theresa May
 * Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
 * Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (born 1985), Diplomatic Director and novelist
 * Tahera Rahman (born 1991), American newscaster
 * Tahmidur Rahman (born 1963), Bangladeshi chess player
 * 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
 * Anisur Rahman
 * Ata-ur-Rahman
 * Azizur Rahman
 * Fazl ur Rahman
 * Habib ur Rahman
 * Khalil-ur-Rehman
 * Lutfur Rahman (disambiguation)
 * Mahbubur Rahman
 * Matiur Rahman
 * Mizanur Rahman
 * Saifur Rahman
 * Shafiq ur Rahman
 * Shamsur Rahman
 * Ziaur Rahman

Also the following individual names:


 * Abdur Rehman Peshawari (1886–1925), Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
 * Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (born 1942), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
 * Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (born 1942), 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, 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, 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 (born 1929), 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, 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 (born 1929), judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
 * Shafiur Rahman (1918–1952), martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
 * Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Pakistani newspaper editor
 * Tanzil-ur-Rahman (born 1928) Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
 * Wali-ur-Rehman (c. 1970–2013), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander
 * Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan (born 1952), Bangladeshi businessman
 * Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (born c. 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.