Ibrahim (name)
Ibrahim (also spelled Ibrahem, Ibraheem or Ebrahim) (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 Lebanon and Maghreb, Brahim and Barhoum are common diminutives for the first name Ibrahim.
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Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʔɪbraːˈhiːm], Turkish: [ibɾaːˈhim] |
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Gender | Male |
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Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | Ibrashk little boy and Friend of God |
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Alternative spelling | Ibraheem, Ebrahim, Ibrahem |
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Given name
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (died 632), was the third son of the 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 (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 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
- George Ibrahim (died 2003), Pakistani Roman Catholic priest
- 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
- Waleed al-Ibrahim (born 1962), Saudi Arabian businessman and chairman of Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC)
- Ebrahim
- Dion Ebrahim (born 1980), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Ismail Ebrahim (1946–2020), South African cricketer
Derived names
- Brahim
- Ibragimov, Russian and Tatar surname
- İbrahimoğlu, Turkish patronymic, "son of Ibrahim"
- ibn Ibrahim, ben Ibrahim or bin Ibrahim is an Arabic patronymic, or nasab, "son of Ibrahim"
- Ibrahimović, Bosnian, "son of Ibrahim"
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