Rahman or Rehman (Arabic: رحمن, romanized: 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, meaning "descendant of the gracious one". It is also used as a surname by some people belonging to the Sayyed community and some Pashtuns in India and Pakistan.
The Rahman/Rehman 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 and name of the surah.
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People
A. R. Rahman (born 1967), Oscar Award-winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
Aarif Lee (born Aarif Rahman) (born 1987), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
Amrah bint Abdul Rahman (died 717), Islamic scholar
Emomali Rahmon (Tajik: Эмомалӣ Раҳмон Persian: امامعلی رحمان [emɔmaˈli raɦˈmɔn]) (born Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов; Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov; Kulob, 5 October 1952), President of Tajikistan since 1994
Hasim Rahman (born 1972), former heavyweight boxing champion
Kader Rahman (1938–2024), Hong Kong field hockey player
Merina Rahman (born 1943), Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
Md Mostaqur Rahman (born 1966), Bangladeshi cost and management accountant, 14th governor of Bangladesh Bank
Mizan Rahman (1932–2015), Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer
Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman (born 1997), attempted assassin of Theresa May
Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
Rahman (born 1967), is an Indian actor.
Rahaman Ali (1943–2025), American boxer
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
Anis-ur-Rahman
Ashiq-ur-Rahman
Ata-ur-Rahman
Ateeq-ur-Rahman
Azizur Rahman
Fazl ur Rahman
Ghulam Rahman
Habib ur Rahman
Hafizur Rahman
Khalil-ur-Rahman
Latif-ur-Rahman
Lutf-ur-Rahman
Mahbub ur Rahman
Mahfuz ur Rahman
Mahmud ur Rahman
Matiur Rahman
Mizan-ur-Rahman
Mustafiz-ur-Rahman
Mujibur Rahman
Saif ur Rahman
Shafiq ur Rahman
Shams ur Rahman
Zia ur Rahman
Also the following individual names:
Abdur Rehman Peshawari (1886–1925), Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
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.