Uthman (name)

Uthman (عُثمَانُ), also spelled Othman, is a male Arabic given name with the general meaning of "wise, most powerful, dragon cub". It is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, particularly when the name occurs in languages which either have no /θ/ sound or where the character ⟨ﺙ⟩ is pronounced differently, such as Persian, Bosnian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as some Arabic dialects.

Originally the name often occurred as a or patronymic in the names of children of people called Uthman, as in ibn Uthman "Son of Uthman" or bint Uthman "Daughter of Uthman". From there, it also developed into a surname.

Given name

 * Uthman, third Rashidun caliph and son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad
 * Abu Quhafa, father of Abu Bakr
 * Uthman ibn Ali, one of the sons of Ali
 * Munuza, a Berber Wāli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania
 * Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq, a Marinid ruler
 * Abu 'Amr 'Uthman, a Hafsid 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
 * Othmane Senadjki, a former journalist and editor-in-chief in Algeria
 * Othman Wok (1924–2017), Singaporean politician

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 patronymic

 * Abdul Ghani Othman, the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
 * Abdul Kahar bin Othman, a Singaporean criminal executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
 * 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
 * Uthman ibn Hunaif, Companions of the Prophet

Fiction

 * Othman, a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini book Inheritance.