Uthman
عثمان

Calligraphic seal featuring CaliphUthman's name, on display in theHagia Sophia
Pronunciation	Uthman (Arabic: عُثمَان) Osman (Turkic) Usman (Persian, Urdu) Osman (Bosnian)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Arabic: young bustard, young serpent,[1] young dragon
Region of origin	Arabia

Uthman (Arabic:عُثمَانُ,romanized: Uṯmānᵘ), also spelledOthman, is a maleArabic given name with the literal meaning of a youngbustard,serpent,^[1] ordragon.^[2] It is popular as a male given name amongMuslims. It is also transliterated asOsman orUsman, particularly when the name occurs in languages which either have no/θ/ sound or where the character ⟨ﺙ⟩ is pronounced differently, such asPersian,Bosnian,Turkish, andUrdu, as well as some Arabic dialects.

Originally the name often occurred as anasab orpatronymic in the names of children of people called Uthman, as inibn Uthman "Son of Uthman" orbint Uthman "Daughter of Uthman". From there, it also developed into a surname.

• Uthman, thirdRashidun caliph and son-in-law of the prophetMuhammad
• Abu Quhafa, father ofAbu Bakr
• Uthman ibn Ali, one of the sons ofAli
• Munuza, a Berber Wāli ofNarbonne and effective Muslim governor ofSeptimania
• 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 MuslimDa'ee andIslamic 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 (1924–2017), Singaporean politician

• Al-Aziz Uthman, the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
• Azalina Othman Said, a tourism minister of Malaysia

• Abdul Ghani Othman, the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
• Abdul Kahar bin Othman, a Singaporean criminalexecuted fordrug trafficking inSingapore
• Abdullatif bin Ahmed Al Othman, the governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)
• Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture
• Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a former Sultan of Deli
• Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
• Uthman ibn Hunaif, Companions of the Prophet

• Othman, a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini bookInheritance.

• Ottoman Empire
• Uthman Qur'an
• Usman Institute of Technology
• Usmanu Danfodio University
• Osmanya script
• Osmania University
• Saidina Uthman Bin Affan Mosque

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