Ridwan (name)
Ridwan (Arabic: رِضْوَان riḍwān) is an Arabic masculine given name and which the name also derived from the Islamic angel Ridwan and means "grace, pleasure, satisfaction". In Islamic tradition, Ridwan is the name of an angel in charge of maintaining Jannah.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "Pleased, satisfied, devoted to God" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Rizwan |
Variants
Other forms of Ridwan include "Ridhwan", "Rizwan", "Rizvan", and "Ridvan" or "Rıdvan" in Albanian, Bosnian, Indonesian, Kashmiri, Malay, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Tajik, Turkish, Urdu, and other languages heavily influenced by Persian.
In Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia it is alternatively spelled as "Ridwan" or "Riduan". "Redouane" is the most common spelling in French. In Bangladesh, the name may be spelled as "Ridwan", "Rizwan", "Redhwan", or "Rezwan". It may also be transliterated as Redhwan or Redwan.
The female equivalent of this name is "Ridwana".