Abdelrahman
Abdelrahman or Abd al-Rahman or Abdul Rahman or Abdur Rahman or Abdurrahman or Abdrrahman is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rahman. The name means "servant of the most gracious", ar-Rahman being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Abdelrahman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abdelrahman or Abd al-Rahman or Abdul Rahman or Abdur Rahman or Abdurrahman or Abdrrahman is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rahman. The name means "servant of the most gracious", ar-Rahman being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Abdelrahman
Abdelrahman first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1987, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 34 births, good for #3,250 nationwide. About 41% of every Abdelrahman on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Abdelrahman ranks #6,507 for baby boys with 12 births, falling sharply (-16%). All told, over 673 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Abdelrahman
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Abdelrahman. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Abd al-Rahim
- Abd al-Rahman
- Abd ar-Rahim
- Abd ar-Rahman
- Abderrahim
- Abderrahmane
- Abdul Rahman
- Abdulrahman
- Abdur Rahim
- Abdur Rahman
- Abdurrahman
Names that sound like Abdelrahman
Phonetically similar names — useful when Abdelrahman is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Abderian
- Abdomen
- Adelman
- Abdomin
- Edelman
- Eddleman
- Edelmann
- Salarymen
- Salaryman
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About the name Abdelrahman
Abdelrahman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 673 births in the dataset. Abdelrahman's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #3,061. Use the chart and map above to compare Abdelrahman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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