# Atiyah

Atiyyah (Arabic: عطية ‘aṭiyyah), which generally implies "something (money or goods given as regarded) received as a gift" or also means "present, gift, benefit, boon, favor, granting, giving".
The name is also spelt Atiyeh, Attiah, Attieh, Atieh, Atié, Atiya, Atiyya, Attiya, Attiyah, Attyé, Ateya, Attua, Ateah, Antuya, or Atia.
It may refer to:

## Surname
### Academics

* Aziz Suryal Atiya (1898–1988), Coptic historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies
* Sir Michael Atiyah (1929–2019), British mathematician, brother of Patrick
* Patrick Atiyah (1931–2018), English barrister and legal writer, brother of Michael
* George N. Atiyeh (1923–2008), Lebanese librarian

### Authors and journalists

* Jarir ibn Atiyah (c. 650 – c. 728), Arab poet and satirist
* Edward Atiyah (1903–1964), Lebanese born writer, father of Michael and Patrick
* Karen Attiah (born August 12, 1986), writer, journalist and editor

### Arts and entertainment

* Assane Attyé (born 1983), French singer of Lebanese origin known as Ycare
* Atiye or Atiye Deniz (born 1988), Turkish-German singer
* Joseph Attieh (born 1986), Lebanese singer
* Natali Atiya [de] (born 1975), Israeli actress
* Rania Attieh, Lebanese-American filmmaker
* Rouwaida Attieh (born 1982), Syrian vocalist

### Politics and government

* Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah (born 1950), Qatari diplomat
* Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah (born 1951), Qatari government minister
* Abdullah bin Khalid Al Attiyah (born 1953), Qatari banker
* Atiye Sultan (1824–1850), Ottoman princess
* Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah, Qatari State Minister for Defense in 2013
* Khaled al-Attiyah (born 1949), Iraqi politician, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly in 2006
* Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah (born 1967), Qatari government minister
* Rawya Ateya (1926–1997), Egyptian who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world
* Victor G. Atiyeh (1923–2014), American politician
* Ziri ibn Atiyya (died 1001), Maghrawa Berber tribal leader

### Religion

* Ezra Attiya (1887–1970), Sephardic teacher of Torah
* Ignatius III Atiyah (died 1634), Melkite Patriarch of Antioch

### Sports

* Alaa' Attieh (born 1990), Palestinian football (soccer) player
* Dennis Atiyeh (born 1963), Syrian wrestler
* Joseph Atiyeh (born 1957), Syrian wrestler
* Khalil Bani Attiah (born 1991), Jordanian footballer
* Mohammad Attiah (born 1950), Ghanaian football (soccer) player
* Mohammed Attiyah (born 1992), Saudi footballer
* Nasser Al-Attiyah (born 1970), Qatari rally driver and sport shooter
* Saad Attiya (born 1987), Iraqi football (soccer) player

## Given name

* Atiyya ibn Sa'd (died 729), transmitter of hadith, exegete of the Qur'an
* Attiya Al-Qahtani (born 1953), Saudi Arabian runner
* Mullah Attiya al-Jamri (1899–1981), Bahraini khatib and poet
* Shuhdi Atiya ash-Shafi (died 1960), Egyptian communist theoretician and activist
* Atiyah Abd al-Rahman (1970–2011), Libyan purported to be a member of al-Qaeda and related militant groups
* Attiya Dawood (born 1958), Pakistani poet, writer, feminist and activist
* Ateya El-Belqasy (born 1984), Egyptian footballer
* Atiyyah Ellison (born 1981), American footballer
* Atiya Fyzee (1877–1967), Indian author
* Attiya Inayatullah, Pakistani politician
* Attiya Waris (born 1974), Kenyan academic and reform advocate