Abdelrahman
given name · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Abdelrahman is a given name, most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is the 94th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Arabic and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.
- EGEgypt1 in 901◐
- SDSudan1 in 963
- AEUnited Arab Emirates1 in 6.9K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.6K ●
- Sources
- 191 ●
- 1 in 23K ◐
across 10 countries
46K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Abdel-Rahman in KW Kuwait, PH Philippines.
Meaning & origin●
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.
Sources 1
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #94 | 43,557 | 28K rec. | — | listed | Abdelrahman | 169 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 1,883 | 2.8K rec. | — | — | Abdelrahman | 32 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #818 | 1,512 | 881 rec. | — | — | Abdelrahman | 93 |
| US United States | — | 1,353 | 7.3K rec. | 1 in 246K | 1.9K | Abdelrahman | 191 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #356 | 1,082 | 1.1K rec. | — | — | Abdelrahman | 99 |
| SD Sudan | #14 | 1,017 | 1.4K rec. | — | 1 | Abdelrahman | 43 |
| JO Jordan | #661 | 815 | 890 rec. | — | — | Abdelrahman | 66 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 623 | 325 rec. | — | listed | Abdelrahman | 59 |
| QA Qatar | #310 | 464 | 310 rec. | — | — | Abdelrahman | 47 |
| FR France | — | 445 | 0 rec. | 1 in 152K | 445 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | — | 445△ | 108 rec. | 1 in 23K | 445 | — | 22 |
| SY Syria | — | 279 | 352 rec. | — | — | Abdelrahman | 16 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Arabic53K76%
- English3.6K5%
- French3.5K5%
- Spanish1.4K2%
- German9841%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 52,600 | 76% |
| English | 3,576 | 5% |
| French | 3,482 | 5% |
| Spanish | 1,370 | 2% |
| German | 984 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 8 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 8 |
| 1994 | 18 |
| 1995 | 14 |
| 1996 | 16 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 16 |
| 1999 | 19 |
| 2000 | 28 |
| 2001 | 29 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2003 | 30 |
| 2004 | 32 |
| 2005 | 29 |
| 2006 | 24 |
| 2007 | 34 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 25 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 26 |
| 2015 | 26 |
| 2016 | 21 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 17 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 9 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 36 years between 1987–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakrb. 596SAnot in their usual namecompanion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Abd ar-Rahman Ib. 731SYnot in their usual nameEmir of Córdoba from 756 to 788
- Abd al-Rahman IIb. 792ESnot in their usual nameEmir of Cordoba from 822 to 852
- Abd al-Rahman al-Sufib. 903IRnot in their usual namePersian astronomer (903-986)
- Abd ar-Rahman IVb. 1000ESnot in their usual nameCaliph of Cordoba
- Ibn Khaldunb. 1332TNnot in their usual namehistoriographer and historian
- Galal al-Din el-Suyutib. 1445EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian polymath, historian, sufi and jurist (1445–1505)
- Abdur Rahman Khanb. 1840AFnot in their usual nameEmir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
- Tunku Abdul Rahmanb. 1903MYnot in their usual namefirst Prime Minister of Malaysia (1903-1990)
- Abdourahamane Tchianib. 1961NEnot in their usual nameNigerien army general and commander of the Nigerien presidential guard
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 45 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #15,020 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.4K | #9,984 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #23,084 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 624 | #34,342 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 445 | #3,008 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 445 | #1,762 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 181 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 178 | #5,205 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 162 | #4,923 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 97 | #16,177 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 96 | #2,139 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 93 | #5,354 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 160 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Abdelrahman?
- We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Abdelrahman (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Abdelrahman have the most bearers?
- Abdelrahman is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled abdelrahman.
- How common is Abdelrahman compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Abdelrahman is the 94th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.
- Is Abdelrahman a male or female name?
- Abdelrahman is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Abdelrahman mean?
- Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Abdelrahman” — the 94th most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.