Ibrahim (name)
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Ibrahim is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham
Abraham
Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

. It is a common first name throughout the Muslim world
Muslim world
The term Muslim world has several meanings. In a religious sense, it refers to those who adhere to the teachings of Islam, referred to as Muslims. In a cultural sense, it refers to Islamic civilization, inclusive of non-Muslims living in that civilization...

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Given name

  • Ibrahim I
    Ibrahim I
    Ibrahim I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648. He was born in Istanbul the son of Ahmed I by Valide Sultan Kadinefendi Kösem Sultan, an ethnic Greek originally named Anastasia...

     (1615–1648), Ottoman sultan
  • Ibrahim I of Shirvan
    Ibrahim I of Shirvan
    Ibrahim I of Shirvan Shirvanshah was a ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty.After the death of Shirvanshah Hushang in 1382, Ibrahim I was selected to be the ruler by the local nobility. At the time, he was an impoverished noble living in Shaki...

    , a ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty 1382-1417
  • Ibrahim Abatcha
    Ibrahim Abatcha
    Ibrahim Abatcha was a Muslim Chadian politician reputed of Marxist leanings and associations. His political activity started during the decolonization process of Chad from France, but after the country's independence he was forced to go in exile due to the increasing authoritarism of the country's...

     (1938–1968), Chadian politician
  • Ibrahim Abouleish
    Ibrahim Abouleish
    Ibrahim Abouleish began his chemistry and medicine studies at the age of 19 in Austria. He did his doctorate in 1969 in the field of pharmacology and then worked in leading positions within pharmaceutical research. During this time he was granted patents for a number of new medicines, especially...

     (born 1937), Egyptian scientist
  • Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
    Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
    Ibrahim Abu-Lughod was a Palestinian academic, characterised by Edward Said as "Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual" and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in...

     (1929–2001), Palestinian academic
  • Ibrahim Afellay
    Ibrahim Afellay
    Ibrahim Afellay is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona as an attacking midfielder or winger.He has played for the Dutch national youth team and is now part of the senior Dutch national team, which he represented at UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the latter of...

     (born 1986), Dutch footballer
  • Ebrahim Afshar
    Ebrahim Afshar
    Ibrahim or Ebrahim Shah Afshar was the Shah of Persia during the Afsharid Empire from July to September of 1748. He was Adil Shah's brother and Nader Shah's nephew. He toppled his brother in order to seize the power, and he blinded him on July 6 1748. However, two months later his own troops...

     (died 1748), king of Iran, July - September, 1748
  • Ibrahim Ahmad
    Ibrahim Ahmad
    Ibrahim Ahmad Ibrahim Ahmad (1914-2000) Ibrahim Ahmad (1914-2000) (Alternatively spelled Ibrahim Ahmed or Ibrahîm Ehmed (Kurdish: ئبراهیم ه‌حمه‌د), was a Kurdish writer, novelist and translator.-Biography:...

     (1914–2000), Kurdish politician
  • İbrahim Akın
    Ibrahim Akin
    İbrahim Akın is a Turkish professional footballer. He most recently played for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, as an attacking midfielder. He started his career at Altay S.K. in the Türk Telekom League A before he was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K...

     (born 1984), Turkish footballer
  • Ebrahim Alkazi
    Ebrahim Alkazi
    Ebrahim Alkazi is one of the most influential Indian theatre directors and Drama teachers in 20th century Indian theatre. He also remained the Director of National School of Drama, New Delhi He has also been a noted art connoisseur, collector and gallery owner, and found Art Heritage Gallery in...

     (born 1925), Indian theatre director and drama teacher
  • İbrahim Aydemir
    Ibrahim Aydemir
    İbrahim Aydemir is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays as a striker for FC Ismaning in the Oberliga Bayern.-Club career:...

     (born 1983), Turkish footballer
  • Ibrahim Ba
    Ibrahim Ba
    Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba is a Senegalese-born professional French football player of the 1990s and 2000s whose career as a right midfielder lasted from 1991 to 2008...

     (born 1973), Senegalese-French footballer
  • Ibrahim Bey
    Ibrahim Bey
    Ibrahim Bey was an Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin.Ibrahim Bey was born as Abram Shinjikashvili into the family of a Christian priest in Martqopi in the eastern Georgian province of Kakheti. As a child, he was captured by Ottoman slave raiders and sold out in Egypt where he was...

     (1735–1817), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin
  • Ibrahim Bilali
    Ibrahim Bilali
    Ibrahim Bilali is a retired flyweight boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...

     (born 1965), Kenyan boxer
  • Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
    Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
    Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar was the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan for approximately 2 months from October 17, 1957 to December 16, 1957.-Early life:...

     (1897–1960), Pakistani politician
  • Ibrahim Fazeel
    Ibrahim Fazeel
    Ibrahim Fazeel is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo",can play both as a midfielder and as a Forward, who started his career while he was a student in Majeedhiyaa School in 1999.He played his first international match on 2 April 2000 Maldives vs Syria .His 1st goal scored in Golden jubilee...

     (born 1980), Maldivian footballer
  • Ibrahim Ferrer
    Ibrahim Ferrer
    Ibrahim Ferrer was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Conjunto Sorpresa, Orquesta Chepin-Choven and Afro-Cuban All Stars...

     (1927–2005), Afro-Cuban singer
  • Ibrahim of Johor (1873–1959), Sultan of Johor, Malaysia
  • Ibrahim of Kazan
    Ibrahim of Kazan
    İbrahim khan was a ruler of Kazan Khanate . He was the son of Mäxmüd. He was crowned after Xalil's death and was married to his wife Nursoltan. In 1467–1469 and 1478 he participated in wars against Muscovy. After the treaty concluded with Ivan III all Russian prisoners of war were liberated...

     (died 1479), a ruler of Kazan Khanate 1467–1479
  • Ibrahim Halidi
    Ibrahim Halidi
    Ibrahim Halidi is a long-time politician in Comoros. Halidi was the Prime Minister of Comoros from January to May 1993. Halidi also ran for president in May 2006 with the backing of the outgoing president, Azali Assoumani. In the first round of the election, Halidi finished in third place with...

     (born 1954), Prime Minister of Comoros
  • Ibrahim Hashem
    Ibrahim Hashem
    Ibrahim Hashem was a Jordanian lawyer and politician who served in several high offices under Faisal I of Iraq, Abdullah I of Jordan and Hussein of Jordan:*Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 18 October 1933 to 28 September 1938...

     (1878–1958), Jordanian lawyer and politician
  • Ibrahim Heski
    Ibrahim Heski
    Ibrahim Heski or Ibrahim Pasha Haski Tello , was a Kurdish Jalali tribesman, soldier and politician.-Life:...

     (died 1931), Kurdish politician
  • Ibrahim Hussein (disambiguation)
  • Ibrahim Kargbo
    Ibrahim Kargbo
    Ibrahim Kargbo is a Sierra Leonean international football player, who currently plays for FK Baku from Azerbaijan.-Career:...

     (born 1982), Sierra Leonean footballer
  • İbrahim Kaş
    Ibrahim Kas
    İbrahim Kaş is a Turkish footballer who plays for Mersin İdmanyurdu as either a central or right defender.-Club career:...

     (born 1986), Turkish footballer
  • Ibrahim Maalouf
    Ibrahim Maalouf
    Ibrahim Maalouf is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and trumpet instructor. He was born in Beirut and now lives in France.-Biography:...

     (born 1980), Lebanese jazz musician
  • Ibrahim Meraachli
    Ibrahim Meraachli
    Ibrahim Meraachli was a famous Lebanese actor known for Lebanese made TV series such as "Al mouaallima wal oustaz" , "Ibrahim Afandi" and "Captain Bob".-Career:...

     (died 2004), Lebanese actor
  • Ebrahim Mirzapour
    Ebrahim Mirzapour
    Ebrahim Mirzapour is an Iranian football goalkeeper, currently playing for Shahrdari Tabriz in the IPL.-Club career:He started his professional IPL career, playing for Foolad F.C., and was a member of the team until August 2006. He also made it to the national team while playing for Foolad,...

     (born 1978), Iranian football goalkeeper
  • Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf
    Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf
    Ibrahim Mudhaf Al-Mudhaf a Kuwaiti merchant and politician, who led with Helal Al-Mutairi the first protest against Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah. He immigrated to Bahrain with Helal Al-Mutairi where they led their protest after Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah raised the taxes, which negatively affected the...

     (1852–1928), Kuwaiti politician
  • Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad
    Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad
    Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad is an African American actor and voice actor involved with movies, television, and animation. Muhammad is best known for his voice over role as A. J. on The Fairly OddParents. He also had guest appearances on Family Law, The District and Malcolm in the Middle.-External links:...

    , American voice actor
  • Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
    Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
    Ibrahim ibn Al-Walid was an Umayyad caliph. He only ruled for a short time in 744 before he abdicated, and went into hiding out of fear of his political opponents. The shortness of this time and his incomplete acceptance led Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari to state that he did not succeed in...

    , Umayyad caliph who ruled for a short time in 744
  • Ebrahim Nabavi
    Ebrahim Nabavi
    Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, and researcher. , he is the most widely known and active Iranian satirist, currently living in Belgium...

     (born 1958), Iranian satirist and writer
  • Ibrahim Nagi
    Ibrahim Nagi
    Ibrahim Nagi was an Egyptian poet. Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is "El Atlal" or "The Ruins" which was eventually sang by famous Egyptian singer Om Kalthoom. He was a co founder of the Cairo Society for Romantic Poetry...

     (1898–1953), Egyptian poet
  • Ibrahim Najjar
    Ibrahim Najjar
    Ibrahim Najjar is a lawyer and a Lebanese politician and Cabinent Minister.He is from the North Lebanon village of Amioun in the Koura district and is an adherent of the Greek Orthodox Church. He is also close to the Lebanese Forces and was formerly a Kataeb party official. He was head of the...

    , Lebanese politician
  • Ibrahim Nasir
    Ibrahim Nasir
    Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan , KCMG, NGIV was a Maldivian politician who served as Prime Minister of the Maldives under Sultan Muhammad Fareed Didi from 1957 to 1968 and succeeded him to become the first President of the Second Republic from...

     (1926–2008), Maldivian politician
  • Ibrahim Nasrallah
    Ibrahim Nasrallah
    Ibrahim Nasrallah is a Jordanian-Palestinian poet, novelist, professor, painter and photographer.He studied in the UN agency for Palestine Refugees schools and at the UNRWA Teacher Training College in Amman. He taught in Saudi Arabia for 2 years in the Qunfudha region and worked as a journalist...

     (born 1954), Palestinian poet
  • Ibrahim Nooraddeen
    Ibrahim Nooraddeen
    Ibrahim Nooraddeen was the sultan of the Maldives first in 1882 to 1886. After 4 years, 11 months and 29 days, Muhammad Mueenuddeen II took over the throne. Nooraddeen came to power for the second time in 1888. He was the sultan until he died in 1892....

     (died 1892), Sultan of the Maldives
  • Ibrahim Orabi
    Ibrahim Orabi
    Ibrahim Orabi was an Egyptian Greco-Roman Light heavyweight wrestler. He competed for Egypt at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London...

     (born 1912), Egyptian wrestler
  • İbrahim Öztürk
    Ibrahim Öztürk
    İbrahim Öztürk is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for Bursaspor in the Super Lig. He plays as a central defender.-References:...

     (born 1981), German footballer
  • Ibrahim Pasha (disambiguation)
    Ibrahim Pasha (disambiguation)
    Ibrahim Pasha may refer to:*Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, early-16th-century Grand Vizier to Suleyman the Magnificent*Damat Ibrahim Pasha, late-16th-century Grand Vizier*Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, early-18th-century Grand Vizier during the Tulip Era...

    , several pashas named Ibrahim
  • Ibrahim Rabimov
    Ibrahim Rabimov
    Ibrahim Rabimov is a Tajikistani footballer who is a midfielder for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:*...

     (born 1987), Tajikistani footballer
  • Ebrahim Rasool
    Ebrahim Rasool
    Ebrahim Rasool was the Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. He is a member of the African National Congress.Anti-Apartheid Struggle Activist:...

     (born 1962), Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa
  • İbrahim Şahin (footballer)
    İbrahim Şahin (footballer)
    İbrahim Şahin is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Orduspor.-External links:* * **...

     (born 1984), Turkish footballer
  • Ibrahim Said
    Ibrahim Said
    Ibrahim Said is an Egyptian footballer. He currently plays for Ittihad Alexandria, as well as the Egyptian national team.-With Al Ahly:...

     (born 1984), Egyptian footballer
  • Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
    Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
    Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al-Nasr.He played for the Saudi Arabia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.His most significant goal was against Qatar in Doha in the...

     (born 1974), Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Ibrahim Sidibe
    Ibrahim Sidibe
    Ibrahim Sidibe is a Senegalese professional football striker who plays for K. Beerschot AC.-Club career:In the summer of 2005 Ibrahim he signed a contract with Debreceni VSC. He scored 15 goals in 28 matches during his first season, whilst in his second he scored 17 goals in 27 matches...

    , Senegalese footballer
  • Ibrahim Sirkeci
    Ibrahim Sirkeci
    İbrahim Sirkeci is a Turkish management scientist who lives in London. He is a Professor in Marketing, Strategy and Law Department at the European Business School London, Regent's College where he teaches international marketing,...

     (born 1972), Turkish management scientist
  • İbrahim Tatlıses
    İbrahim Tatlıses
    -References:...

    , Turkish folk singer, of Kurdish origins
  • İbrahim Toraman
    Ibrahim Toraman
    İbrahim Toraman , is a Turkish footballer. He plays as a defender in center or right back positions. He currently plays for Beşiktaş J.K. and the national side....

     (born 1981), Turkish footballer
  • İbrahim Üzülmez
    Ibrahim Üzülmez
    İbrahim Üzülmez is a Turkish footballer who is currently a free agent after being sacked from his last club, which he used to captain, for a disciplinary breach....

     (born 1974), Turkish footballer
  • Ibrahim Yattara
    Ibrahim Yattara
    Ibrahima Yattara , is a Guinean footballer playing for Al-Shabab. On 29 October 2010, he became a Turkish citizen as İbrahim Üçüncü.-Career:...

     (born 1980), Guinean footballer
  • Ibrahim al-Yaziji (died 1906), Lebanese writer

Surname

  • Abdullah Ibrahim
    Abdullah Ibrahim
    Abdullah Ibrahim , born Adolph Johannes Brand, 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa, and formerly known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer...

     (born 1934), South African pianist and composer
  • Andrew Ibrahim
    Andrew Ibrahim
    Andrew Philip Michael Ibrahim , is a British Muslim convert, also known as 'Isa Ibrahim' after his conversion to Islam. Ibrahim was arrested by police in the city of Bristol on suspicion of terrorism, and on 17 July 2009 convicted of Preparing terrorist acts. He is the son of an NHS consultant...

     (born 1989), English student convicted of "preparing terrorist acts"
  • Anwar Ibrahim
    Anwar Ibrahim
    Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who served as Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister from 1993 to 1998. Early in his career, Anwar was a close ally of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad but subsequently emerged as the most prominent critic of Mahathir's government.In 1999, he was sentenced...

     (born 1947), Malaysian politician
  • Dawood Ibrahim
    Dawood Ibrahim
    Dawood Ibrahim , also known as Dawood Ebrahim, and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, is the head of the organized crime syndicate [[D-Company]] in Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for organised crime and counterfeiting. He was No. 4 on the Forbes' World's Top 10 most dreaded criminals...

     (born 1955), Indian mobster
  • Dion Ebrahim
    Dion Ebrahim
    Dion Digby Ebrahim is a Zimbabwean cricketer.Ebrahim is a defensive batsmen who prefers to score cautiously in order to build an innings...

    , (born 1980), a Zimbabwean cricketer
  • George Ibrahim
    George Ibrahim
    Father George Ibrahim, a Roman Catholic priest from Pakistan, was killed there on 5 July 2003.He was born in Khushpur, Punjab on 10 July 1964. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary and was ordained a priest on 3 September 1993....

     (died 2003), Pakistani Roman Catholic priest
  • John Ibrahim
    John Ibrahim
    John Houssam Ibrahim , a Lebanese Australian, is a Kings Cross nightclub owner. Police allege Ibrahim is a "major organised-crime figure" and was labelled as the "lifeblood of the drugs industry of Kings Cross" during the 1995 Wood royal commission however, Ibrahim strongly denies being involved in...

     (born 1970), Lebanese Australian nightclub entrepreneur
  • Khalil Ibrahim
    Khalil Ibrahim
    Dr. Khalil Ibrahim is the leader of the Zaghawa-dominated Darfurian rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement . -History:Ibrahim is from the Koba branch of the Zaghawa ethnic group, which is located mainly in Sudan, with a minority on the Chad side of the border...

    , Sudanese Islamist
  • Moussa Ibrahim
    Moussa Ibrahim
    Moussa Ibrahim is a Libyan political figure, serving as Libyan Minister of Information and the official spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi as of March 2011. He came to general international attention during the 2011 Libyan civil war.-Biography:...

     (born 1974), Libyan political figure
  • Muhammad Ibrahim
    Muhammad Ibrahim
    Mohammad Ibrahim was a physician from Bangladesh. He was the founder of the Diabetic Association in Dhaka and in Karachi and Lahore, West Pakistan...

     (1911–1989), Bangladeshi physician
  • Musa Ibrahim
    Musa Ibrahim
    Musa Ibrahim is a Bangladeshi mountaineer and a journalist by profession. He is the first Bangladeshi to reach the summit of Mount Everest. According to Musa, he reached the summit around 6:00am BST on May 23, 2010. Arranger of the expedition Iswari Paudel and Musa Ibrahim's wife confirmed the...

     (born 1979), Bangladeshi mountaineer
  • Muzammil Ibrahim (born 1984), Indian model
  • Sarimah Ibrahim
    Sarimah Ibrahim
    Sarimah binti Ibrahim is a Malaysian television host, actress and singer.-Background:She is of Irish-Malay descent and was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her highest academic qualification is the O Levels and A Levels. She received her early education in Malaysia, Ireland, Abu Dhabi and at the Emirates...

     (born 1978), Malaysian television host, actress and singer
  • Sonallah Ibrahim
    Sonallah Ibrahim
    Son'allah Ibrahim is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer and one of the "Sixties Generation" who is known for his leftist and nationalist views which are expressed rather directly in his work...

     (born 1937), Egyptian novelist and short story writer

Derived names

  • Ibragimov
    Ibragimov
    Ibragimov, Ibrahimov or Ibragimova, Ibrahimova is a common Russian and Tatar surname. The spelling reflects Cyrillic alphabet's version of the name Ibrahim, an Islamic version of the Abraham....

     (Russian
    Russian language
    Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

    :), a Russian and Tatar surname
  • Ibrahimoğlu, Turkish patronymic
    Patronymic
    A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...

    , "son of Ibrahim"
  • ibn Ibrahim, ben Ibrahim or bin Ibrahim is a Arabic patronymic, or nasab, "son of Ibrahim"
  • Ibrahimović, Bosnian
    Bosnian language
    Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    , "son of Ibrahim"

See also

  • Abraham (name)
    Abraham (name)
    This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch ; the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:...

  • Ibrahima
    Ibrahima
    Ibrahima may refer to:* Ibrahima Aya , Malian writer* Ibrahima Bakayoko , Côte d'Ivoire footballer* Ibrahima Bangoura , Guinean football striker* Ibrahima Camara , Guinean footballer...

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