Ibrahim (Ibraheem)
إبراهيم

The name Ibrahim written in Islamic calligraphy, followed by "Peace be upon him".
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʔɪbraːˈhiːm]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Equivalent to ‘Abraham’ in Hebrew meaning “Father of many”.
Region of origin	Arabs
Other names
Alternative spelling	Ibraheem, Ebraheem

Ibrahim (also spelled Ibraheem) (Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a cognate of the name Abraham or Avram in Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. In the Levant and Maghreb, Brahim and Barhoum are common diminutives for the first name Ibrahim.

Given name

• Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (died 632), was the third son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (died 750), the Umayyad caliph from 4 Oct to 4 Dec 744.
• Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (779–839) was an Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet. He was the son of the third Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi.
• Ibrahim ibn Salih (died 792) Abbasid governor of various provinces in Syria and Egypt in the late eighth century.
• Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar or Al-Muttaqi (died 968), Caliph of Baghdad during Later Abbasid period
• Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir, was the Abbasid prince and son of Caliph al-Muqtadir.
• Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir (1112–1114), was the son of caliph Al-Mustazhir and his wife, the Seljuk princess Ismah.
• Ibrahim Lodhi (1480–1526) was the Sultan of the Lodi Empire from 1517 to 21 April 1526.
• Ibrahim (1615–1648), Ottoman sultan
• Ibrahim I of Shirvan (r. 1382–1417), ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty
• Ibrahim Abatcha (1938–1968), Chadian politician
• Ibrahim Artan Ismail Somali politician, former Minister of Security of Puntland
• Ibrahim Abouleish (1937–2017), Egyptian scientist
• Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa (born 1942), Palestinian peace activist
• Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1929–2001), Palestinian academic
• Ibrahim Afellay (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), Kurdish politician
• Ibrahim Ali Tashna (1872–1931), Bengali poet and Islamic scholar
• Ibrahim Arman Loni (1983–2019), Pashtun human rights activist
• Ibrahim Ba (born 1973), Senegalese-French footballer
• Ibrahim Babangida (born 1941), 8th President of Nigeria
• İbrahim Balaban (1921–2019), Turkish painter
• Ibrahim Benoh, Jordanian-born American artist and educator
• Ibrahim Bey (1735–1833), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin
• Ibrahim Bilali (born 1965), Kenyan boxer
• Ibrahim Böhme (1944–1999), German politician
• Ibrahim Deif (born 1962), Egyptian academic
• Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (1897–1960), Pakistani politician
• Ibrahim Fazeel (born 1980), Maldivian footballer
• Ibrahim Ferrer (1927–2005), Afro-Cuban singer
• Ibrahim of Johor (1873–1959), Sultan of Johor, Malaysia
• Ibrahim Halidi (1954–2020), Prime Minister of Comoros
• Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958), Jordanian lawyer and politician
• Ibrahim Heski (died 1931), Kurdish politician
• Ibrahim Hussein (disambiguation)
• Ibrahim Kargbo (born 1982), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Ibrahim of Kazan (r. 1467–1479), ruler of Kazan Khanate
• Ibrahim Zeid Keilani (1937–2013), Jordanian politician
• Ibrahim Maalouf (born 1980), Lebanese jazz musician
• Ibrahim Masod, Singaporean convicted murderer
• Ibrahim Meraachli (died 2004), Lebanese actor
• Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf (1852–1928), Kuwaiti politician
• Ibrahim Mohamed (1965–2002), Singaporean murderer
• Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674–1745), Ottoman diplomat, printer, and polymath
• Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953), Egyptian poet
• Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanese politician
• Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008), Maldivian politician
• Ibrahim Nasrallah (born 1954), Palestinian poet
• Ibrahim Nooraddeen (died 1892), Sultan of the Maldives
• Ibrahim Orabi (1912–1957), Egyptian wrestler
• Ibrahim Pasha (disambiguation), several pashas named Ibrahim
• Ibrahim Rabimov (born 1987), Tajikistani footballer
• Ibrahim Said (footballer, born 1979)
• Ibrahim Said (footballer, born 2002)
• Ibrahim Sanjaya (born 1997), Indonesian footballer
• Ibrahim Al-Shahrani (born 1974), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (born 1955), Patriarch of Alexandria
• Ibrahim Sirkeci (born 1972), Turkish management scientist
• Ibrahim Tounkara (born 1976), Canadian football player
• Ibrahim Traoré (born c. 1988), Burkinabé military officer
• Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943), Bengali qari and teacher
• Ibrahim "Baim" Wong (born 1981), Indonesian artist
• Ibrahim Yattara (born 1980), Guinean footballer
• Ibrahim al-Yaziji (died 1906), Lebanese writer
• Ibrahim ibn Yuhanna (ca. 950s–ca. 1030s), Byzantine translator and author
• Ibrahim Zarman (born 1997), Indonesian taekwondo practitioner

Surname or patronymic

See also

• All pages with titles containing Ebrahim
• All pages with titles containing Ibrahim