Yahya
Yahya ( Arabic يحيى, DMG Yaḥyā ) is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
Yahya is the Arabic name for Greek-Latin Johannes and Hebrew Jochanan and therefore means "Jah (we) is gracious". The name occurs in Arab countries , in Pakistan, in Iran, in Turkey and rarely in Kosovo .
Name bearer
Persons in the Koran
- Yahya, John the Baptist
mystic
- Yahya ibn Mu'adh ar-Razi († 871), Persian Sufi
Ruler
- Yahya ibn Khalid , vizier (786-800) under Hārūn ar-Raschīd
- Yahya al-Mutali , Caliph of the Hammudids in Cordoba (1021-1023 and 1025-1026)
- Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz , ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria (1121–1152)
- Abu Zakariya Yahya I (1203–1249), ruler of the Hafsids in Ifriqiya (1229–1249)
- Abu Yahya , Sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria (1236–1282)
- Yahya II. Al-Wathiq , Caliph of the Hafsids in Tunisia (1277–1279)
- Abu Yahya Abu Bakr , Sultan of the Merinids in Morocco (1244–1248)
- Yahya Muhammad Hamid ad-Din , King of Northern Yemen (1904–1948)
- Ahmad ibn Yahya (1891–1962), King of the Zaidites
Scholars
- Yahya of Antioch (around 975-around 1066), author of annals
- Joseph ibn Yaḥya ben David (1425–1498) , Jewish scholar from Portugal
- Joseph ibn Yaḥya ben David (around 1495–1534 / 1539), Jewish scholar in Italy
- Gedaliah ibn Yaḥya ben Joseph (1526–1587), Jewish chronicler in Italy, see Gedalja ibn Jachja
family name
- Abd al-Hakim Hajj Yahya (* 1965), Israeli politician and engineer
- Abdul Hadi Yahya (* 1985), Malaysian soccer player
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (1917–1980), Pakistani general and politician, President 1969–1971
- Faris Yahya (1939-2004), British author and historian
- Latif Yahya (* 1964), Iraqi officer, see Latif Yahia
- Rassem Yahya (* 1938), German-Syrian basketball player
- Tahir Yahya (1913–1986), Iraqi politician
First name
- Yahya Ayyasch (1966-1996), Palestinian terrorist
- Yahya Berrabah (* 1981), Moroccan athlete
- Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), Turkish writer, diplomat and politician
- Yahya Elsaghe (* 1960), German specialist in German
- Yahya Gülay (* 1972), German martial artist
- Yahya Hakki (1905-1992), Egyptian writer
- Yahya Hassan (1995-2020), Danish poet of Palestinian descent
- Yahya Jammeh (* 1965), Gambian politician, president since 1994
- Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini (* 1965), Vice President of the Islamic Faith Community in Italy
pseudonym
- Harun Yahya (actually Adnan Oktar ; * 1956), Turkish writer, Holocaust denier and creationist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johanan. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Ibid., Hananja .
- ↑ Yahya on www.behindthename.com (English)
- ↑ Yahya on www.vornamen-weltweit.de