The baby name Abderrahman is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic: ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān; English approximations: ab-DER-rah-man or ab-dur-RAH-man; IPA: /æb.dərˈrɑː.mən/.
Abderrahman is Arabic in Origin.
The baby name Abderrahman is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic: ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān; English approximations: ab-DER-rah-man or ab-dur-RAH-man; IPA: /æb.dərˈrɑː.mən/.
Abderrahman is Arabic in Origin.
From the Arabic compound ʿAbd al‑Raḥmān (عبد الرحمن), Abderrahman is a theophoric male name meaning “servant of the Most Merciful,” with al‑Raḥmān being one of the 99 Names of God in Islam. The Maghrebi French-influenced spelling Abderrahman reflects assimilation of the definite article al‑ to the following sun-letter r (rendered rr), and is common in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
The name has deep currency across the Muslim world, borne by Umayyad rulers of al‑Andalus such as Abd al‑Rahman I and Abd al‑Rahman III, the astronomer ʿAbd al‑Raḥmān al‑Sūfī, and modern statesman Tunku Abdul Rahman. Common variants include Abd al‑Rahman, Abd ar‑Rahman, Abdelrahman, Abdulrahman, Abdurrahman, Abderrahmane, Abdirahman, Abdul Rehman/Abdur Rehman, Abdurahman, and Abdorrahman. Nicknames and short forms: Abdo/Abdou, Abdul, and Rahman.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| MA | 0 | #186 | 7,189 | 20,986 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2019 | #322 | 6 | 2,618 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #329 | 4 | 7,401 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #360 | 28 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #383 | 7 | 7,057 |
| Spain | 0 | #441 | 12 | 2,326 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| LY | 0 | #522 | 14 | 12,703 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #572 | 4 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| DZ | 0 | #602 | 734 | 20,130 | |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #613 | 342 | 5,610 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| TN | 0 | #633 | 206 | 13,765 | |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #674 | 9 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #692 | 16 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #855 | 32 | 15,035 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #865 | 87 | 5,873 |
| United States | Boys | 2012 | #882 | 5 | 7,390 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #937 | 16 | 5,697 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,073 | 407 | 10,046 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,079 | 14 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,574 | 41 | 28,008 |
Abderrahman is popular in 29 countries — most recent births per country:
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