- Meaning
- Servant of the Most Merciful
- Arabic
- عبد الرحمن
- Say it
- ab-dur-rah-MAAN
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
One of the two names the Prophet called most loved by God. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf was called Abd Amr before Islam, and the Prophet renamed him.
Famous people with this name
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, one of the ten companions promised Paradise
- Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the emirate of Córdoba
Other spellings
Abdul Rahman, Abdelrahman, Abderrahmane, Abdirahman, Abdurahman
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Questions about Abdurrahman
What does Abdurrahman mean?
Abdurrahman means: Servant of the Most Merciful. One of the two names the Prophet called most loved by God. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf was called Abd Amr before Islam, and the Prophet renamed him.
Is Abdurrahman in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Abdurrahman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Abdurrahman is a boy’s name.
How do you write Abdurrahman in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Abdurrahman is written عبد الرحمن.