Ibrahim (name)

Ibrahim (Ibraheem)
إبراهيم

The name Ibrahim written in Islamic calligraphy, followed by "Peace be upon him".
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʔɪbraːˈhiːm], Turkish: [ibɾaːˈhim]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	In Arabic it has no meaning. But the name means “Father of many” in Hebrew which is the original language of the name.
Other names
Alternative spelling	Ibraheem, Ebraheem

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Ibrahim (also spelled Ibraheem) (Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram from Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. In the Levant and Maghreb, Brahim and Barhoum are common diminutives for the first name Ibrahim.

Given name[]

• Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (died 632), was the third son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• Ibrahim (died 750), the Umayyad caliph and a son of Caliph al-Walid I.
• Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (779–839) was an Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet. He was the son of the third Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi.
• Ibrahim ibn Salih (died 792) Abbasid governor of various provinces in Syria and Egypt in the late eighth century.
• Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar (died 968) better known as Al-Muttaqi was the Caliph of Baghdad during Later Abbasid period.
• Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir, was the Abbasid prince and son of Caliph al-Muqtadir.
• Ibrahim ibn Ahmad Al-Mustazhir (1112–1114), was the son of caliph Al-Mustazhir and his wife, the Seljuk princess Ismah.
• Ibrahim Lodhi (1480–1526) was the Sultan of the Lodi Empire from 1517 to 21 April 1526.
• Ibrahim (1615–1648), Ottoman sultan
• Ibrahim I of Shirvan (r. 1382–1417), ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty
• Ibrahim Abatcha (1938–1968), Chadian politician
• Ibrahim Artan Ismail Somali politician, former Minister of Security of Puntland
• Ibrahim Abouleish (born 1937), Egyptian scientist
• Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1929–2001), Palestinian academic
• Ibrahim Afellay (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), Kurdish politician
• Ibrahim Arman Loni (1983–2019), Pashtun human rights activist
• Ibrahim Ba (born 1973), Senegalese-French footballer
• İbrahim Balaban (born 1921), Turkish painter
• Ibrahim Bey (1735–1833), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin
• Ibrahim Bilali (born 1965), Kenyan boxer
• Ibrahim Böhme (1944–1999), German politician
• Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (born 1955), Patriarch of Alexandria
• Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (1897–1960), Pakistani politician
• Ibrahim Fazeel (born 1980), Maldivian footballer
• Ibrahim Ferrer (1927–2005), Afro-Cuban singer
• Ibrahim of Johor (1873–1959), Sultan of Johor, Malaysia
• Ibrahim of Kazan (r. 1467–1479), ruler of Kazan Khanate
• Ibrahim Halidi (born 1954), Prime Minister of Comoros
• Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958), Jordanian lawyer and politician
• Ibrahim Heski (died 1931), Kurdish politician
• Ibrahim Hussein (disambiguation)
• Ibrahim Kargbo (born 1982), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Ibrahim Zeid Keilani (1937–2013), Jordanian politician
• Ibrahim Maalouf (born 1980), Lebanese jazz musician
• Ibrahim Meraachli (died 2004), Lebanese actor
• Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf (1852–1928), Kuwaiti politician
• Ibrahim Mohamed (1965–2002), Singaporean murderer
• Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674–1745), Ottoman diplomat, printer, and polymath
• Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953), Egyptian poet
• Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanese politician
• Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008), Maldivian politician
• Ibrahim Nasrallah (born 1954), Palestinian poet
• Ibrahim Nooraddeen (died 1892), Sultan of the Maldives
• Ibrahim Orabi (born 1912), Egyptian wrestler
• Ibrahim Pasha (disambiguation), several pashas named Ibrahim
• Ibrahim Rabimov (born 1987), Tajikistani footballer
• Ibrahim Said (born 1984), Egyptian footballer
• Ibrahim Sanjaya (born 1997), Indonesian footballer
• Ibrahim Al-Shahrani (born 1974), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Ibrahim Sirkeci (born 1972), Turkish management scientist
• Ibrahim Tounkara (born 1976), Canadian football player
• Ibrahim "Baim" Wong (born 1981), Indonesian artist
• Ibrahim Yattara (born 1980), Guinean footballer
• Ibrahim al-Yaziji (died 1906), Lebanese writer
• Ibrahim ibn Yuhanna (ca. 950s–ca. 1030s), Byzantine translator and author
• Ibrahim Zarman (born 1997), Indonesian taekwondo practitioner

İbrahim[]

• İbrahim Akın (born 1984), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Arat (born 1988), Turkish weightlifter
• İbrahim Aydemir (born 1983), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Aydın also known as Cihangirzade İbrahim Bey (1874–1948), Turkish military officer and statesman
• İbrahim Bölükbaşı (born 1990), Turkish wrestler
• İbrahim Kaş (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Öztürk (born 1981), German footballer
• İbrahim Şahin (footballer) (born 1984), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Tatlıses, Turkish folk singer of Kurdish origins
• İbrahim Toraman (born 1981), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Üzülmez (born 1974), Turkish footballer

Ebrahim[]

• Ebrahim Afshar (died 1748), king of Iran
• Ebrahim Alkazi (born 1925), Indian theatre director and drama teacher
• Ebrahim Mirzapour (born 1978), Iranian football goalkeeper
• Ebrahim Nabavi (born 1958), Iranian satirist and writer
• Ebrahim Rasool (born 1962), Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa

Ibraheem[]

• Ibraheem Samirah (born 1991), American politician and member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Surname or patronymic[]

Ibrahim[]

• Abdullah Ibrahim (born 1934), South African pianist and composer
• Andrew Ibrahim (born 1989), English student convicted of "preparing terrorist acts"
• Anwar Ibrahim (born 1947), Malaysian politician
• Dawood Ibrahim (born 1955), Indian mobster
• Deren Ibrahim (born 1991), Gibraltarian footballer
• Fauziah Ibrahim, Australian broadcast journalist
• George Ibrahim (died 2003), Pakistani Roman Catholic priest
• Gihan Ibrahim (born 1986/1967), Egyptian activist and citizen journalist
• Hanan Ibrahim, Somali activist
• Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim (born 1937), Chaldean Catholic bishop in the United States
• Idil Ibrahim, Somali filmmaker
• John Ibrahim (born 1970), Lebanese-Australian nightclub entrepreneur
• Kamal Ibrahim (wrestler) (born 1961), Egyptian Olympic wrestler
• Kamala Ibrahim (born 1939), Sudanese artist
• Khalil Ibrahim, Sudanese Islamist
• Moussa Ibrahim (born 1974), Libyan political figure
• Muhammad Ibrahim (1911–1989), Bangladeshi physician
• Muhammad Ibrahim (justice) (1894–1966), Bengali justice and academic
• Musa Ibrahim (born 1979), Bangladeshi mountaineer
• Raymond Ibrahim (born 1973), Coptic American research librarian, translator, author and columnist with focus in Arab history and language
• Sarimah Ibrahim (born 1978), Malaysian television host, actress and singer
• Sonallah Ibrahim (born 1937), Egyptian novelist and short story writer
• Yaacob Ibrahim (born 1955), Minister for Communications and Information, Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs and the Minister in charge of Cyber Security of Singapore

Ebrahim[]

• Ebrahim baronets
• Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim
• Armaan Ebrahim
• Kate Ebrahim
• Chit Lwin Ebrahim
• Currimbhoy Ebrahim
• Dion Ebrahim (born 1980), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
• Fareed Ebrahim
• Ismail Ebrahim (1946–2020), South African cricketer
• M. M. Ebrahim
• Murad Ebrahim
• Omar Ebrahim
• Roshanara Ebrahim
• Vincent Ebrahim
• Vinette Ebrahim
• Zofeen T. Ebrahim

See also[]

• All pages with titles containing Ebrahim
• All pages with titles containing Ibrahim

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