Taha (name)
Taha ( Arabic طه) is both a male given name in Arabic or in the Islamic world (also in Turkish ) and an Arabic family name .
origin
Taha comes from the Koran (20: 1) (see: Tā-Hā ) and is a combination of the letters Ṭa and Ha .
meaning
The Koran experts have two opinions about the meaning and the interpretation of these letters : One group assigns them to the category of ( mutaschabih ) "ambiguities", the exact meaning of which only God knows. Another group assigns them to the category of interpretable words.
- see also: Mysterious letters
According to another interpretation, the name Taha refers to "calm" (derived from "calm", "calm down ...").
Name bearer
First name
- Taha Akgül (* 1990), Turkish wrestler
- Taha Balcı (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
- Taha Hussein (1889–1973), Arabic writer
- Taha Muhi ad-Din Maaruf (1924–2009), Iraqi politician
- Taha Yasin Ramadan (1938–2007), Iraqi politician
- Onur Taha Takır (* 2000), Turkish soccer player
- Taha Tunç (* 2001), Turkish soccer player
- Taha Can Velioğlu (* 1994), Turkish football player
- Taha Yalçıner (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Tahani al-Gebali (* 1950), Egyptian lawyer
family name
- Eslam Ahmed Taha (* 1994), Egyptian hammer thrower
- Jufri Taha (* 1985), Singaporean football player
- Karosh Taha (* 1987), Kurdish-German writer
- Khalil Taha (* 1932), Lebanese wrestler
- Loai Taha (1989), Israeli soccer player
- Mahmud Muhammad Taha (1909–1985), Sudanese scholar, politician and Sufi theologian
- Rachid Taha (1958–2018), Algerian Raï musician
- Rima Taha (* 1987), Jordanian athlete
- Safi Taha (1923-2009), Lebanese-American wrestler
- Tahsin Taha (1941–1995), Kurdish singer