Uthman (name)
Uthman (also spelled Othman, Arabic: عثمان) is a male Arabic given name."[1] It is popular as a male given name among Sunnis. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is no -th sound in Persian, where it was first 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 was Abu Bakr's father
- Uthman ibn Ali, brother of Abbas, was among the List of casualties at the Battle of Karbala
- Uthman al-Asghar, was one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman al-Akbar, was one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman ibn Naissa, was a Berber Wāli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania.
- Uthman I, a Marinid caliph
- Uthman ibn Ali (Bey of Tunis) was the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814.
- Othman Al Omeir (born 1950) is a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor.
- Othman Saat, was a former Chief Minister of the state of Johor in Malaysia.
- Middle name
- Al-Aziz Uthman, was the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
- Azalina Othman Said was a tourism minister of Malaysia
- Surname and others
- Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, was a former Sultan of Deli
- Abdul Ghani Othman is the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
- Abdullatif bin Ahmed Al Othman is the governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
- Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of Bobbin lace
References
- ↑ Origin of the name USMAN Names
- ↑ German name Othman Baby Names
Fiction
- Othman, a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini book of Inheritance.
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Uthman Qur'an
- Usman Institute of Technology
- Usmanu Danfodio University
- Osmanya script
- Osmania University
- Saidina Uthman Bin Affan Mosque