Yahya (name)
- For people with the given name or surname yahia, see Yahia
| Yahya | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Arabic pronunciation: ['jæħjæ, ˈjaħja, ˈjɑʜjɐ] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew (via Latin and Greek) |
| Meaning | "The Lord is gracious" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | John, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yohannes, Yahye |
Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, Yaḥyā), also written Yahia is a common Arabic male given name. Yahya (John the Baptist) having been a prophet of Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world.
In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder; it is also a common nickname for the 12th Imam.
It may refer to:
Mononym
- Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion
- Yahya ibn Khalid (died 806), Vizier of the Persian Barmakids family
- Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Murtada[1] was an Alid Imam.
- Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq (working 796- 806), translator of Greek scientific texts
- Yahya 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, sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco
- Yahya of Antioch (Yahya ibn Sa'ïd), 11th-century Syrian chronicler
- Yahya (Zaragoza) (fl. 1021-1029), full name Yahya ibn al-Mundhir, 11th century ruler of Zaragoza
- Sultan Yahya (1585–1649), son of Sultan Mehmet III, a Christian convert and a claimant to the Ottoman throne
- Yahya bey Dukagjini, Ottoman diwan poet
Given name
- Yahya Ayyash (1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of Hamas
- Yahya 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 footballer
- Yahya Jammeh (born 1965), president of The Gambia
- Yahya Khan (1917–1980), former President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff
- Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926)
- Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
- Yahya Al-Shehri, Saudi footballer
- containing the name
- Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism
- Sultan Yahya Petra (1917–1979), sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King)
Surname
- Adel Yahya, English Islamist
- Ahmad bin Yahya, Yemeni imam
- Ali Yahya, Israeli Arab diplomat
- Mohammed Yahya, Pakistani politician
- Tahir Yahya, Iraqi politician
See also
References
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