Uthman as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Uthman

What is the meaning of the name Uthman ?

The baby name Uthman is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ʕuθˈmaːn/.

Uthman is Arabic in Origin.

Uthman represents Arabic عُثْمَان, vocalized ʿUthmān in Classical Arabic. The earliest recoverable form is the Arabic personal name itself, built on the fuʿlān pattern with the consonants ʿ-th-m. In medieval lexicography ʿuthmān denotes the young of the bustard, a large desert bird; the name’s literal sense is therefore young bustard, rather than the later folk glosses wise or wealthy.

Its prominence in Muslim naming rests chiefly on ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān, the third Rashidun caliph and a companion and son-in-law of Muhammad. The name spread with Arabic and Islamic scholarship across North Africa, West Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Turkish and Balkan usage favors Osman, the form borne by Osman I, founder of the Ottoman dynasty; Persian and Urdu commonly use Usman, while Othman and Othmane reflect other romanization habits.