Uthman (name)
Uthman (also spelled Othman, Arabic: عثمان, romanized: ʿUthmān) is a male Arabic given name with the general meaning of "wise" and "intuitive".[1] It is commonly used as a male given name among Muslims. In various other languages and different Arabic dialects, Uthman is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is either no /θ/ sound or the character ⟨ﺙ⟩ is pronounced differently in those languages. It is also used as surname.
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| Pronunciation | Uthman (Arabic: عثمان) Osman (Turkic) Usman (Persian, Urdu) Osman (Bosnian) |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Semitic (Arabic) |
| Meaning | Arabic: Wise, Intuitive |
| Region of origin | Arabia (Middle East) |
Given name
The following people share this name:
Uthman
- Uthman ibn Affan, third Rashidun caliph
- Uthman ibn Amir, father of Abu Bakr
- Uthman ibn Ali, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman ibn Naissa, a Berber Wāli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania
- Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq, a Marinid ruler
- Uthman ibn Hunaif, Companion of the Muhammad
- Al-Aziz Uthman, the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
- Abu Amr Uthman, a Hafsid ruler.
- Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
- Uthman ibn Ali (Bey of Tunis), the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814.
- Othman
- Azalina Othman Said, a tourism minister of Malaysia
- Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a former Sultan of Deli
- Osman I, the first Ottoman ruler.
- 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 edito-in-chief in Algeria.
- Othman Wok (1924–2017), Singaporean politician
Patronymic
- Othman
- Abdul Kahar bin Othman, a Singaporean criminal executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
- Abdul Ghani Othman, the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
- 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
See also
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