Yahya (name)
Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also written Yahia or Yihia is a common Arabic male given name. Because Yahya (commonly identified as John the Baptist) is a prophet in Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world. Yahya is similar to the name of the Levitical priest Jehiah in the Bible (Arabic: يَحِيَّى, romanized: Yaḥiyyā).[1]
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| Related names | Jehiah, Yechi'yah, John, Yūḥanna, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yohannes, Yahye |
In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder; it is also a common nickname for the 12th Imam.
It may refer to:
Mononym
- Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion
- Yahya ibn Khalid (died 806), Vizier of the Persian Barmakids family
- Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Murtada,[2] Alid imam
- Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq (fl. 796–806), translator of Greek scientific texts
- Yahya ibn Asad, Samanid ruler of Shash (819–855) and Samarkand (851/852–855)
- Yahya ibn Muhammad (aka Yahya I), Idrisid ruler (848–864)
- Yahya ibn Yahya (died 874), sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco
- Yahya of Antioch (Yahya ibn Sa'ïd), 11th-century Syrian chronicler
- Yahya (Zaragoza) (fl. 1021–1029), full name Yahya ibn al-Mundhir, 11th century ruler of Zaragoza
- Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi, 15th century Persian language writer from the Delhi Sultanate of India
- Sultan Yahya (1585–1649), son of Sultan Mehmed III, a Christian convert and a claimant to the Ottoman throne
- Yahya bey Dukagjini (1498–1582), Ottoman diwan poet
Given name
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born 1986), American actor
- Yahya Al-Shehri (born 1990), Saudi footballer
- Yahya Ayyash (1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of Hamas
- Yahya El Hindi (born 1998), Lebanese footballer
- Yahya Goba, Yemeni-American terrorist suspect arrested and charged as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "Lackawanna Six"
- Yahya Golmohammadi (born 1971), Iranian footballer
- Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1948), imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926)
- Yahya Hassan (born 1995), Palestinian-Danish poet and politician
- Yahya Jammeh (born 1965), president of The Gambia
- Yahya Khan (1917–1980), former President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff
- Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
- Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism
- Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917–1979), sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia
Surname
- Adel Yahya (born 1982), English Islamist
- Ahmad bin Yahya (1891–1962), Yemeni imam
- Ali Yahya (1947–2014), Israeli Arab diplomat
- Izz al-Din Yahya, 14th-century ruler of Satgaon, Bengal
- Mohammed Yahya (1901–1990), Pakistani politician
- Tahir Yahya (1916–1986), Iraqi politician
See also
References
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