Uthman Family History
Uthman Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Uthmann: nickname from Middle Low German ūtman ‘stranger newcomer’. Muslim (mainly Nigeria): from the Arabic personal name ʿUthmān of unexplained etymology. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ caliphs (ruled 644–56). Compare Othman and Usman .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022