Abdur-Rahman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AB-dur-rah-MAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
Abdur-Rahman is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the Most Merciful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies).
What does Abdur-Rahman mean?
Arabic: spelling of Abdul-Rahman closer to the Arabic pronunciation
“servant of the Most Merciful”
Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf was one of the early companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Abdur-Rahman a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdur-Rahman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdur-Rahman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Abdur-Rahman, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 31 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdur-Rahman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Abdur-Rahman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,045 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,008 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Abdur-Rahman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Ahmed, Mustafa, Zayaan, Zayan, Azaan, Zayd, Musa, Abdirahman, Ibrahim, Abdulaziz
Names related to Abdur-Rahman
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abdur-Rahman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdur-rahman, updated 20 October 2026.