Abdelrahman

Meaning & origin

Abdelrahman is the English transliteration of the Arabic theophoric name 'Abd al-Rahman, meaning 'servant of the Most Gracious.' Reflecting a common pattern in Islamic naming, it compounds 'abd (servant) with al-Rahman (the Most Gracious), one of the 99 names of Allah. While the name has been used across the Muslim world for centuries, its recorded presence in U.S. Social Security data is relatively recent, first appearing in 1987. It reached its peak rank in 2007, but usage has been declining since 2004. As of 2025, it ranks 8243 nationally, with an incidence of about 1 in 189,786 births. The name is rare enough not to concentrate in any top states, and its trajectory suggests a steady decrease in popularity over the past two decades.

Abdelrahman is a transliteration of the Arabic 'Abd al-Rahman (عبد الرحمن), combining 'abd (servant) with al-Rahman (the Most Gracious), one of the 99 names of Allah. It has been a common given name across the Muslim world for centuries, following the Islamic tradition of forming theophoric names with 'abd.