Yahya (name)
For other uses, see
Yahya .
Yahya Gender Male (given name)
Unisex (surname) Word/name Arabic Meaning (Hebrew loan): Yahweh is gracious Region of origin Arabia Related names Jehiah , Yohanan , John , Evan , Giovanni , Hans , Hovhannes , Ian , Ioan , Ioane , Ioannis , Ivan , Iven , Ifan , Jack , Jackson , Jan , Jane , Janez , Jean , Jhon , Joan , João , Johan , Johannes , Jonne , Jovan , Juan , Juhani , Seán , Shane , Siôn , Yohannes
Yahya Arabic : يحيى , romanized : Yaḥyā Yehya given name .[ a] Aramaic given name Yohanan Hebrew : יְהוֹחָנָן , romanized : Yəhoḥānān lit. Yahweh is gracious') of John the Baptist in Islam , who is considered a prophet . For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world .
The related Biblical name of Jehiah (Hebrew : יְחִיָּה , romanized : Yəḥiyā lit. Yaḥiyyā (Arabic: يَحِيَّى ).,[ 1]
^ The other Arabic form of the given name John is Yūḥannā يوحنا, which is the form directly derived from the original name, Hebrew : יְהוֹחָנָן . A notable example using this form is the Arab Christian John of Damascus ' name, Yūḥana al-Dimashqī .
Mononym
Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arab medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes SerapionYahya ibn Khalid (died 806), Vizier of the Barmakids Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali , Alid imamYahya ibn al-Walid , an Umayyad prince and son of the caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715).Yahya ibn Yazid , an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph Yazid II (r. 720–724).Yahya ibn al-Batriq (fl. 796–806), translator of Greek scientific textsYahya 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 MoroccoYahya of Antioch (Yahya ibn Sa'ïd), 11th-century Syrian chroniclerYahya ibn al-Mundhir (fl. 1021–1029), 11th century ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi , 15th century Persian language writer from the Delhi Sultanate Count Alexander of Montenegro (1585–1649), birth name Yahya, son of Sultan Mehmed III, a Christian convert and a pretender to the Ottoman throneYahya bey Dukagjini (1498–1582), Ottoman diwan poet
Given name
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born 1986), American actorYahya Al-Shehri (born 1990), Saudi footballerYahya Ayyash (1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of HamasYahya Black (born 2002), American football playerYahya El Hindi (born 1998), Lebanese footballerYahya 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 footballerYahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1948), imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926)Yahya Hassan (born 1995), Palestinian-Danish poet and politicianYahya Jammeh (born 1965), president of The GambiaYahya Khan (1917–1980), former Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan and Chief of Army StaffYahya Mahmassani (born 1935), Lebanese diplomatYahya 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 King of Malaysia Yahya ibn Muhammad (829-864), fifth Idrisid ruler of Morocco Yahya ibn Yahya , sixth Idrisid ruler Morocco Yahya ibn al-Qasim , eighth Idrisid ruler of Morocco Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar , ninth Idrisid ruler of Morocco Yahya ibn Ibrahim , one of the founders of the Almoravid dynasty Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni , chieftain of Lamtuna and the first emir of the AlmoravidsMakhdoom Yahya Maneri , sufi of the Suhrawardi and the Maner Sharif Khanqa in Maner, Bihar Yahya Sinwar (1962-2024) Former leader of Hamas until his death .
Surname
Umm Hakim bint Yahya , wife of caliph Hisham.Adel Yahya (born 1982), accused of collaborating with the defendants of the 21 July 2005 London bombings trial
Ahmad bin Yahya (1891–1962), Yemeni imamAli Yahya (1947–2014), Israeli Arab diplomatIzz al-Din Yahya , 14th-century ruler of Satgaon, BengalTahir Yahya (1956–2007), Iraqi politicianAbu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq , Marinid emir at Fez Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan , also called Abu Yahya I , first sultan of the Zayyanid dynasty of the Kingdom of Tlemcen Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya , Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ash-Shahid , Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya and a martyr Abu Zakariya Yahya , founder and the first sultan of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya
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Surnames associated with the given name
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