Siddiq (name)

Siddiq or Siddique from the Arabic word صدّيق meaning "truthful") is an Islamic term and is given as an honorific title to certain individuals. The feminine gender for Siddiq is Siddiqah.

People

Title

  • Abu Bakr Siddiq (c. 573 – 634), the first Muslim Caliph following Prophet Muhammad's death. He ruled as khalifa 632 to 634
  • Shah Siddiq (also rendered Siddik, Siddiky, Siddiqi, Siddiquee), 14th-century Sufi saint and one of the 360 auliyas or followers who accompanied Shah Jalal

Given name

  • Siddiq Baloch (1940–2018), Pakistani journalist and senior political economist
  • Siddiq Barmak (born 1962), Afghan film director and producer
  • Siddiq Durimi (born 1988), Singaporean footballer
  • Siddiq Ismail (born 1954) Pakistani Hamd and Na`at reciter
  • Siddiq Khan (umpire), a Pakistani cricket umpire
  • Siddiq Khan Kanju (died 2001), Pakistani politician and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
  • Siddiq Hasan Khan (1832–1890), celebrated and controversial leader of India's Muslim community in the 19th-century
  • Siddiq Manzul (1932–2003), Sudanese footballer
  • Siddique Salik (1935–1988), general in the Pakistan Army, combat artist, humorist, novelist, and a memoirist

Middle name

Surname

  • Arfa Siddiq (born 1987), Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement

Fiction

  • Siddiq (The Walking Dead), a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name

See also

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