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rahman Name Meaning and History

  1. Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ra?hman ‘most gracious’, usually forming part of a compound name such as ?Abd ur-Ra?hman ‘servant of the Most Gracious’. ur-Ra?hman (al-Rahman) ‘the Most Gracious’ is an attribute of Allah. ?Abd ur-Ra?hman ibn ?Awf was one of the Companions to whom the Prophet Muhammad gave the good news of entering into paradise. This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.
  2. German (Rahmann): variant of Rademann, topographic name from Low German Rade ‘area cleared of forest’, or a habitational name for someone from any of the places named Rade, from this word. Alternatively, it may be a habitational name for someone from Rahm (see Rahm 1).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of rahman Families in the US in 1920
Number of rahman families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
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Rahman, Mary Katherine b. 1842 annriopelle12 4
Indiana Rehman/ Rahman stitchinfox 0
Son of Barry Rahman & Susan Brogan Born in NJ 5-29-1982 mbrogan 1
Victor Arthur Rahmann, Maryborough QLD, AUSTRALIA Scott Bird 0
Abdul K. Rahman SharonRegina 0
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