# Rahman (name)

Rehman or Rahman (Arabic: رحمن, Raḥmān) is an Arabic and Hebrew origin surname meaning "Gracious", "King", "Merciful" or "Lord" based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rehmani, means "descendant of the gracious one" and is also used as a surname by some people belonging to Sayyed community and also by some Pashtuns/Pathans in India and Pakistan.
The Rehman/Rahman name doesn't represent any religion but it is common name In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the Names of God.

## People

* A. R. Rahman (born 1967), Oscar Award-winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
* Aarif Lee (born Aarif Rahman), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
* Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
* Kader Rahman (1938–2024), Hong Kong field hockey player
* Merina Rahman, Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
* Mizan Rahman (1932–2015), Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
* Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, attempted assassin of Theresa May
* Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
* Tahera Rahman (born 1991), American newscaster
* Tahmidur Rahman (born 1963), Bangladeshi chess player
* Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (born 1985), British diplomatic director and novelist
* Zoe Rahman (born 1971), English jazz composer and pianist

## Variations

Rahman has many ways to be written in different languages.

## Second half of compound name

See the following pages:
* Abd al-Rahman
* Anisur Rahman (disambiguation)
* Ata-ur-Rahman
* Azizur Rahman
* Fazl ur Rahman
* Habib ur Rahman
* Khalil-ur-Rehman
* Latifur Rahman (disambiguation)
* Lutfur Rahman (disambiguation)
* Mahbubur Rahman
* Matiur Rahman
* Mizanur Rahman (disambiguation)
* Saifur Rahman
* Shafiq ur Rahman
* Shamsur Rahman
* Ziaur Rahman
Also the following individual names:
* Abdur Rehman Peshawari (1886–1925), Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
* Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (born 1942), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
* Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (born 1942), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
* Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari (born 1981), Pakistani politician
* Akbar-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
* Alaur Rahman (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British singer
* Asad Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
* Maqbular Rahman Sarkar (1928–1985), Bangladeshi academic and tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University
* Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (born 1970), Pakistani Politician
* Fasih Ur Rehman, Pakistani dancer
* Hafeez Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
* Hafizur Rahman (born 1959), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Hasan Hafizur Rahman (1932–1983), Bangladeshi author and newspaper editor
* Hifz-ur-Rehman (died 1970), Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist
* Ijaz-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani ten-pin bowler
* Latif-ur-Rehman (born 1929), Pakistani field hockey player
* Latifur Rahman (1936–2017), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
* Latifur Rahman (businessman) (1945–2020), Bangladeshi businessman
* Montazur Rahman Akbar (born 1957), Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer
* Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975), founding leader of Bangladesh
* Mujibur Rehman, Indian anti-corruption activist
* Mujibur Rahman, a regular TV guest (Mujibur and Sirajul)
* Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman, Pakistani grand mufti
* Naimur Rahman (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani industrialist and politician
* Raza-ur-Rehman (born 1985), Canadian cricketer
* Riaz-ur-Rehman (1940–1966), Pakistani cricketer
* Riaz ur Rehman Saghar (1940–2013) Pakistani poet and lyricist active in cinema
* Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer
* Sadiqur Rahman (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1943–2006), Indian writer
* Shafi ur Rahman (born 1929), judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
* Shafiur Rahman (1918–1952), martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
* Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Pakistani newspaper editor
* Tanzil-ur-Rahman (born 1928) Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
* Wali-ur-Rehman (c. 1970–2013), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander
* Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan (born 1952), Bangladeshi businessman
* Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (born c. 1960), a leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba

## Alias

* Rahman, alias of Iskandar bin Rahmat, Singaporean convicted murderer and former police officer who was under a sentence of death since December 2015 for the 2013 Kovan double murders of Tan Boon Sin and Tan Chee Heong in Singapore.