Uthman (), also spelled Othman, is a male Arabic given name with the literal meaning of a young bustard, serpent, or dragon. It is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, particularly when the name occurs in languages which either have no /ø/ sound or where the character â¨ïºÂâ© is pronounced differently, such as Persian, Bosnian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as some Arabic dialects.
Originally the name often occurred as a or patronymic in the names of children of people called Uthman, as in ibn Uthman "Son of Uthman" or bint Uthman "Daughter of Uthman". From there, it also developed into a surname.
Given name
- Uthman, third Rashidun caliph and son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad
- Abu Quhafa, father of Abu Bakr
- Uthman ibn Ali, one of the sons of Ali
- Munuza, a Berber WÃÂli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania
- Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq, a Marinid ruler
- Abu 'Amr 'Uthman, a Hafsid ruler
- Uthman ibn Ali (bey of Tunis), the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814
- Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula, Marinid Prince
- Uthman Ibn Farooq, American Muslim Da'ee and Islamic scholar
- Othman Al Omeir, a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor
- Othman Bidin (born 1913), Bruneian educator
- Othman Saat, a former Chief Minister of the state of Johor in Malaysia
- Othmane Senadjki, a former journalist and editor-in-chief in Algeria
- Othman Uking (born 1937), Bruneian legislative councillor
- Othman Wok (1924âÂÂ2017), Singaporean politician
Middle name
Surname and patronymic
Fiction
- Othman, a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini book Inheritance.
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