Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male given name. It is an[a] Arabic form of the given name John, originally Aramaic Yohanan (Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן "YHWH is gracious"), i.e. primarily John the Baptist, who is known as Yahya ibn Zakariyya in Islam, and is considered a prophet in Islam. For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world. The related Biblical name of Jehiah (Yᵊḥîyâ יְחִיָּה "YHWH lives") has the Arabic form Yaḥiyyā يَحِيَّى.[1], having the same Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya does.
| Gender | Male (given name) Unisex (surname) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | "to live", "alive" |
| Region of origin | Arabia |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jehiah, Yohanan, John, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ioannis, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yohannes |
- ^ The other Arabic form of the given name John is Yūḥannā يوحنا, which is the form directly derived from the Hebrew original form, Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן. A notable example of the use of this form is of the Arabic original name of John of Damascus.
Mononym
edit- 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,[2] Alid imam
- Yahya ibn al-Walid, was an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I (r. 705–715).
- Yahya ibn Yazid, was an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph Yazid II (r. 720–724).
- Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq (fl. 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 (died 874), 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
- Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi, 15th century Persian language writer from the Delhi Sultanate of India
- Sultan Yahya (1585–1649), son of Sultan Mehmed III, a Christian convert and a claimant to the Ottoman throne
- Yahya bey Dukagjini (1498–1582), Ottoman diwan poet
Given name
edit- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born 1986), American actor
- Yahya Al-Shehri (born 1990), Saudi footballer
- Yahya Ayyash (1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of Hamas
- Yahya Black (born 2002), American football player
- Yahya Rahmani (born 2003 ) Indian social activist founder non profit organisation
- Yahya El Hindi (born 1998), Lebanese footballer
- 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 Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1948), imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926)
- Yahya Hassan (born 1995), Palestinian-Danish poet and politician
- Yahya Jammeh (born 1965), president of The Gambia
- Yahya Khan (1917–1980), former Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff
- Yahya Mahmassani (born 1935), Lebanese diplomat
- Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
- Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism
- Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917–1979), sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia
- Yahya ibn Muhammad (829-864), fifth Idrisid ruler of Morocco
- Yahya ibn Yahya, sixth Idrisid ruler Morocco
- Yahya ibn al-Qasim, eighth Idrisid ruler of Morocco
- Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar, ninth Idrisid ruler of Morocco
- Yahya ibn Ibrahim, one of the founders of the Almoravid dynasty
- Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni, chieftain of Lamtuna and the first emir of the Almoravid
- Makhdoom Yahya Maneri, Sufi of Maner of the order Suharwardiyah and Khanqah at Maner Sharif.
- Yahya Sinwar (1962-2024) Former leader of Hamas until his death.
Surname
edit- Umm Hakim bint Yahya, wife of caliph Hisham.
- Adel Yahya (born 1982), English Islamist
- Ahmad bin Yahya (1891–1962), Yemeni imam
- Ali Yahya (1947–2014), Israeli Arab diplomat
- Izz al-Din Yahya, 14th-century ruler of Satgaon, Bengal
- Tahir Yahya (1956–2007), Iraqi politician
- Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq, Marinid emir at Fez
- Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan, also called Abu Yahya I, the first sultan of the Zayyanid dynasty at Tlemcen
- Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya, Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya
- Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ash-Shahid, Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya and a martyr
- Abu Zakariya Yahya, founder and the first sultan of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya
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