Around the globe, Rahman (Rahman 
, رحمن 
, رحمان 
, along with others...) is a widespread dominantly male, but seldom girly first name. The forename Rahman is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but very seldom female name, Brunei, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Qatar, where it is quite a common primarily boy's, but very infrequently girly name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, India, and Bangladesh. More frequently, Rahman is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Rahman | Bangladesh, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan |
| رحمن | Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iran |
| رحمان | Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Jordan |
| الرحمن | Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Jordan |
| Рахман | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan |
| রহমান | Bangladesh |
| רחמן | Israel |
Al-Rahman, Ar-Rahman, Rahmañ, Rahmàn, Rahmán, Rahmáñ, Rahmân, Rahmâñ, Rahmān, Ràhman, Ràhmàn, Ràhmàñ, Ràhmáñ, Ràhmâñ, Ràhmãn, Ráhman, Ráhmàn, Ráhmàñ, Ráhmán, Ráhmáñ, Ráhmân, Ráhmâñ, Râhman, Râhmañ, Râhmàn, Râhmàñ, Râhmáñ, Râhmân, Râhmâñ, Râhmãn, Râhmãñ, Râhmān, Rãhman, Rãhmàn, Rãhmàñ, Rãhmán, Rãhmáñ, Rãhmân, Rãhmâñ, Rãhmãn, Rãhmãñ, Rāhmãn, Rāhmãñ, Rāhmān, Ŕahman, Ŕahmañ, Ŕàhmàñ, Ŕáhmáń, Ŕãhmâñ, Ŗãhmâñ,
Rahman is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| temenggong abdul rahman temenggong of Johor (b. 1755) |
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| wan ali bin haji abdul rahman (b. 1837) |
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b. s. abdur rahman Indian entrepreneur, IN (b. 1927) |
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sheikh tayebur rahman politician, BD (b. 1936) |
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| hassanally a. rahman Pakistani politician, PK (b. 1904) |
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ahmad zakiyuddin abdul rahman incumbent Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang since May 2018, MY (b. 1958) |
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| sardar mohamad latifur rahman IN (b. 1900) |
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mustaffa abd rahman Malaysian businessman (b. 1960) |
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ahmad razif abd rahman Malaysian politician, MY (b. 1965) |
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| gjanaj rahman AL (b. 1907) |
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| ahmad bin abdul rahman (b. 1909) |
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zia haider rahman British novelist, GB (b. 1969) |
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| sheikh luthfur rahman Ekushey Padak recipient (b. 1921) |
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kaz rahman Canadian artist, CA (b. 1973) |
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shamsurin abdul rahman Singaporean footballer, SG (b. 1986) |
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