Ibrahim ( name ) - wikipedia Ibrahim ( name ) `` Ebrahim '' redirects here. For the villages in Iran, see Ebrahim, Iran and Deh - e Ebrahim ( disambiguation ). Ibrahim Pronunciation Arabic : ( ʔɪbraːˈhiːm ), Turkish : ( ibɾɑˈhim ) Gender Male Origin Word / name Arabic Meaning Father of Nations and Friend of God Other names Alternative spelling Ebrahim Ibrahim ( Arabic : إبراهيم ‎ ‎, Ibrāhīm ) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham. He was God 's messenger. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram from Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. In Lebanon and Maghreb, Brahim is a common diminutive for the first name Ibrahim. Contents 1 Given name 2 Surname 3 Derived names 4 See also Given name Ibrahim ( 1615 -- 1648 ), Ottoman sultan Ibrahim I of Shirvan, ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty 1382 -- 1417 Ibrahim Abatcha ( 1938 -- 1968 ), Chadian politician Ibrahim Artan Ismail Somali politician, former Minister of Security of Puntland Ibrahim Abouleish ( born 1937 ), Egyptian scientist Ibrahim Abu - Lughod ( 1929 -- 2001 ), Palestinian academic Ibrahim Afellay ( born 1986 ), Dutch footballer Ibrahim Ahmad ( 1914 -- 2000 ), Kurdish politician Ibrahim Ba ( born 1973 ), Senegalese - French footballer İbrahim Balaban ( born 1921 ), Turkish painter Ibrahim Bey ( 1735 -- 1833 ), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin Ibrahim Bilali ( born 1965 ), Kenyan boxer Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar ( 1897 -- 1960 ), Pakistani politician Ibrahim Fazeel ( born 1980 ), Maldivian footballer Ibrahim Ferrer ( 1927 -- 2005 ), Afro - Cuban singer Ibrahim of Johor ( 1873 -- 1959 ), Sultan of Johor, Malaysia Ibrahim of Kazan ( died 1479 ), ruler of Kazan Khanate 1467 -- 1479 Ibrahim Halidi ( born 1954 ), Prime Minister of Comoros Ibrahim Hashem ( 1878 -- 1958 ), Jordanian lawyer and politician Ibrahim Heski ( died 1931 ), Kurdish politician Ibrahim Hussein ( disambiguation ) Ibrahim Kargbo ( born 1982 ), Sierra Leonean footballer Ibrahim Zeid Keilani ( 1937 -- 2013 ), Jordanian politician Ibrahim Maalouf ( born 1980 ), Lebanese jazz musician Ibrahim Meraachli ( died 2004 ), Lebanese actor Ibrahim Al - Mudhaf ( 1852 -- 1928 ), Kuwaiti politician Ibrahim Muteferrika ( 1674 -- 1745 ), Ottoman diplomat, printer, and polymath Ibrahim Nagi ( 1898 -- 1953 ), Egyptian poet Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanese politician Ibrahim Nasir ( 1926 -- 2008 ), Maldivian politician Ibrahim Nasrallah ( born 1954 ), Palestinian poet Ibrahim Nooraddeen ( died 1892 ), Sultan of the Maldives Ibrahim Orabi ( born 1912 ), Egyptian wrestler Ibrahim Pasha ( disambiguation ), several pashas named Ibrahim Ibrahim Rabimov ( born 1987 ), Tajikistani footballer Ibrahim Said ( born 1984 ), Egyptian footballer Ibrahim Al - Shahrani ( born 1974 ), Saudi Arabian footballer Ibrahim Sidibe, Senegalese footballer Ibrahim Sirkeci ( born 1972 ), Turkish management scientist Ibrahim Tounkara ( born 1976 ), Canadian football player Ibrahim ibn al - Walid, Umayyad caliph who ruled for a short time in 744 Ibrahim Yattara ( born 1980 ), Guinean footballer Ibrahim al - Yaziji ( died 1906 ), Lebanese writer İbrahim İbrahim Akın ( born 1984 ), Turkish footballer İbrahim Arat ( born 1988 ), Turkish weightlifter İbrahim Aydemir ( born 1983 ), Turkish footballer İbrahim Aydın also known as Cihangirzade İbrahim Bey ( 1874 -- 1948 ), Turkish military officer and statesman İbrahim Bölükbaşı ( born 1990 ), Turkish wrestler İbrahim Kaş ( born 1986 ), Turkish footballer İbrahim Öztürk ( born 1981 ), German footballer İbrahim Şahin ( footballer ) ( born 1984 ), Turkish footballer İbrahim Tatlıses, Turkish folk singer, of Kurdish origins İbrahim Toraman ( born 1981 ), Turkish footballer İbrahim Üzülmez ( born 1974 ), Turkish footballer Ebrahim Ebrahim Afshar ( died 1748 ), king of Iran, July -- September, 1748 Ebrahim Alkazi ( born 1925 ), Indian theatre director and drama teacher Ebrahim Mirzapour ( born 1978 ), Iranian football goalkeeper Ebrahim Nabavi ( born 1958 ), Iranian satirist and writer Ebrahim Rasool ( born 1962 ), Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa Surname Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim ( born 1934 ), South African pianist and composer Andrew Ibrahim ( born 1989 ), English student convicted of `` preparing terrorist acts '' Anwar Ibrahim ( born 1947 ), Malaysian politician Dawood Ibrahim ( born 1955 ), Indian mobster Deren Ibrahim ( born 1991 ), Gibraltarian footballer George Ibrahim ( died 2003 ), Pakistani Roman Catholic priest Hanan Ibrahim, Somali activist Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim ( born 1937 ), Chaldean Catholic bishop in the United States Idil Ibrahim, Somali filmmaker John Ibrahim ( born 1970 ), Lebanese - Australian nightclub entrepreneur Kamal Ibrahim ( wrestler ) ( born 1961 ), Egyptian Olympic wrestler Khalil Ibrahim, Sudanese Islamist Moussa Ibrahim ( born 1974 ), Libyan political figure Muhammad Ibrahim ( 1911 -- 1989 ), Bangladeshi physician Muhammad Ibrahim ( justice ) ( 1894 -- 1966 ), Bengali justice and academic Musa Ibrahim ( born 1979 ), Bangladeshi mountaineer Muzammil Ibrahim ( born 1984 ), Indian model Raymond Ibrahim ( born 1973 ), Coptic American research librarian, translator, author and columnist with focus in Arab history and language Sarimah Ibrahim ( born 1978 ), Malaysian television host, actress and singer Sonallah Ibrahim ( born 1937 ), Egyptian novelist and short story writer Yaacob Ibrahim ( born 1955 ), Minister for Communications and Information, Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs and the Minister in charge of Cyber Security of Singapore Ebrahim Dion Ebrahim, ( born 1980 ), Zimbabwean cricketer Derived names Brahim Ibragimov ( Russian : Ибрагимов ), Russian and Tatar surname Ibrahimoğlu, Turkish patronymic, `` son of Ibrahim '' ibn Ibrahim, ben Ibrahim or bin Ibrahim is an Arabic patronymic, or nasab, `` son of Ibrahim '' Ibrahimović, Bosnian, `` son of Ibrahim '' See also Abraham ( name ) Ibrahima Ibrahim ( disambiguation ) Brahim This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. This page lists people with the surname Ibrahim. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibrahim_(name)&oldid=802501685 '' Categories : Given names Surnames Abraham Arabic - language surnames Arabic masculine given names Iranian masculine given names Turkish masculine given names Hidden categories : Articles containing Arabic - language text Articles containing Russian - language text All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Brezhoneg Català Deutsch فارسی Magyar Norsk Polski Русский Српски / srpski Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 26 September 2017, at 15 : 24. 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Question: where does the last name ibrahim come from
Answer: the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham