Jarrah (name)

This article is about the name of a person. For other uses, see Jarrah (disambiguation).

Jarrah (Arabic: جراح, romanized: Jarrāḥ) is an Arabic name. The name Jarrah means 'surgeon' in Arabic. The root of the word is derived from the Arabic word "جرح" (jarh), meaning "injury." It is a common surname in the Levant, especially in Palestine and Lebanon. It may refer to:

Given name

• al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Umayyad governor and general
• Jarah Al Ateeqi, Kuwaiti footballer
• Jarrah McCleary, Australian member of Panama (band)

Surname

• Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (583–639), military leader and companion of Muhammad
• Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad al-Jarrah, Abbasid official who served in senior roles under Caliph al-Mutawakkil and Caliph al-Mu'tamid
• Ali Jarrah, Ghanaian professional footballer
• Ali al-Jarrah (859-946), Abbasid official
• Balkees Jarrah, senior counsel on international justice at Human Rights Watch
• Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah, Jarrahid ruler
• Hussam al-Din al-Jarrahi (d 1202), Palestinian emir and personal physician of Saladin
• Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah, emir in the Jarrahid dynasty who expanded the tribe's rule to much of Palestine
• Nouri al-Jarrah, Syrian poet
• Rami Jarrah, Syrian political activist
• Salwa Jarrah, BBC Arabic broadcaster
• Waki' ibn al-Jarrah (d 812), prominent Hanafi hadith scholar and ascetic
• Yousef Al-Jarrah, Saudi actor
• Ziad Jarrah (1975-2001), Lebanese terrorist

Fictional characters

• Sayid Jarrah, character on the television series Lost