Uthmaan
Boy · ooth-MAHN · Arabic
Uthmaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young bustard (a bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Uthmaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Uthman
“young bustard (a bird)”
A spelling of Uthman that marks the long final vowel; Uthman ibn Affan was the third caliph of Islam.
- Say it
- ooth-MAHN
Is Uthmaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Uthmaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Uthmaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Uthmaan, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uthmaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were given Uthmaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #682, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Uthmaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
Names like Uthmaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Uthmaan
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