Ayman ( ar, أيمن, also spelled as

Aiman Aiman ( ar, أيمن) is an Arabic language male name. It is an alternative Latin alphabet spelling of the name Ayman. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root () for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''he who is on the right'', ''ri ...

, Aimen, Aymen, or Eymen in the Latin alphabet) is an Arabic masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

. It is derived from the Arabic

Semitic root The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowels ...

() for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''he who is on the right'', ''right-handed'', ''blessed'' or ''lucky''. An early bearer of the name was

Ayman ibn Ubayd Ayman ibn ʿUbayd ( ar, أَيْمَن ابْنِ عُبَیْد), was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Umm Ayman, who helped raise Muhammad, by her first husband Ubayd ibn Zayd of the Banu Kh ...

, an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

. It is a masculine name in the Arabic language. However, in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

, Ayman is used both as a masculine and feminine name. This may be because of the popular woman figure

Umm Ayman Baraka bint Thaʿlaba ( ar, بَـرَكَـة بنت ثَعلَبَة), commonly known by her kunya Umm Ayman ( ar, أمّ أيمن, links=no), was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was an Abyssinian slave o ...

, who raised

, whom parents name their daughter after. Her first name was ''Barakah'', and Umm Ayman was her kunya, with "Umm" meaning ''mother of'', and Ayman being the name of her eldest son,

. In

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

, the name is spelled as ''Eymen''. Eymen was the second most popular given name for boys born in the country in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. In

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

was the 24th most popular name for male newborns in 2012.

Notable people

, early Muslim and son of

Aiman Khwajah Sultan Aiman Khwajah Sultan was a Prince of Eastern Moghulistan and the son of Ahmad Alaq, who ruled as the khan of Eastern Moghulistan from 1487 to 1503. As a grandson of Yunus Khan, Aiman Khwajah Sultan was the first cousin of the Mughal Emperor Bab ...

, Prince of

Moghulistan Moghulistan (from fa, , ''Moghulestân'', mn, Моголистан), also called the Moghul Khanate or the Eastern Chagatai Khanate (), was a Mongol breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate and a historical geographic area north of the Ten ...

* Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of al-Qaeda, 2011-2022 * Ayman Al-Hussaini, Kuwaiti footballer *

Ayman Hariri Ayman Rafic Hariri (born 16 May 1978) is a Lebanese billionaire businessman, the second-youngest son of tycoon Rafic Hariri. He is the CEO and co-founder of the social network Vero, and the former deputy CEO of Saudi Oger. Early life Ayman ...

, Lebanese businessman and son of

Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...

Ayman Safadi Ayman Safadi (Arabic: أيمن الصفدي ''ʾayman aṣ-ṣafadī'') (born 15 January 1962) is a Jordanian politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Safadi is a member of the Jordanian Druze community. ...

, Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Aimen Dean Aimen Dean ( ar, ایمن دین) is a former member of al-Qaeda. In 1998, he was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service and became an MI6 spy. Early life Dean was born in Saudi Arabia. By the age of 12, he had memorised the Quran (thereb ...

, founding member of Al-Qaeda *

Ayman Mohyeldin Ayman ( ar, أيمن, also spelled as Aiman, Aimen, Aymen, or Eymen in the Latin alphabet) is an Arabic masculine given name. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root () for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''he who is on the right'' ...

, Egyptian-American journalist *

Ayman Majali Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (Arabic: أيمن هزاع المجالي) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of Jordan's late Premier Hazza' al-Majali. As a Member of Jordan's House of Representatives he ...

, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan *

Ayman Al-Hujaili Ayman Al-Hujaili ( ar, أيمن الحجيلي; born 1 July 1998) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as an attacking-midfielder for Al-Khaleej. Career Ayman Al-Hujaili started his career at the youth teams of hometown club A ...

, Saudi footballer *

Ayman Ftayni Ayman Ftayni (Arabic: ايمن فتيني; born 27 December 1994 in Riyadh) is a Saudi football player who currently plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusiv ...

, Saudi footballer *

Ayman Al-Salek Ayman Al-Salek ( ar, أيمن السالك; born in Syria) is a Syrian television actor and voice actor. Early life He was born in Syria and work with Venus Center for Dubbing since in many of anime and cartoon and he work in many series Syri ...

Syrian actor *

Ayman Al-Sayyad Ayman Al-Sayyad (Arabic: أيمن الصياد, born March 17, 1956) is an Egyptian journalist, writer, magazine editor and political commentator. He has been editor of '' Weghat Nazar'' Periodical since 2000, and has a weekly column in Al Shorou ...

, Egyptian journalist *

Aymen Hussein Aymen Hussein Ghadhban ( ar, أيمن حسين; born 21 January 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al-Markhiya and the Iraqi national team. Club career In 2009, Aymen was spotted as a ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Aymane Serhani "A Toz" is a humorous French novelty rap song by the duo Farid & Oussama featuring Aymane Serhani. The song is bilingual in French and North African Arabic dialect. Farid & Oussama is a comics duo with a number of releases online and is made up of ...

, Moroccan singer *

Ayman Sadiq 10 Minute School (, abbreviated as 10MS) is an online educational platform in Bangladesh created in 2015 by internet entrepreneur Ayman Sadiq. The platform covers academic classes from classes 1 to 12 covering the entire academic syllabus of the ...

, Bangladeshi entrepreneur and internet personality *

Ayman Ben Mohamed Ayman Ben Mohamed (arabic: ايمن بن محمد; born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the Tunisia national team. Club career Born in London to an Irish mother and Tunisian father, Mohamed and his fam ...

, Irish-Tunisian footballer * Ayman Adais, Jordanian basketball player * Ayman Cherkaoui, Moroccan climate change lawyer * Aiman Hakim Ridza, Malaysian actor and singer *

Aiman Witjaksono Aiman Witjaksono (born in Jakarta, July 8, 1978) is an Indonesian journalist, news anchor and interviewer at RCTI. Previously Witjaksono worked for approximately 10 years at Kompas TV as a broadcaster. On RCTI, his final role was as anchor of the ...

, Indonesian journalist and host of

Aiman (TV program) ''Aiman'' was an Indonesian flagship television Investigation news program that broadcasts on Kompas TV. On January 19, 2015, it aired its first episode, ''Kisah Para Pahlawan dalam Tragedi Pesawat Air Asia QZ8501.'' It selects the latest and b ...

* Ayman al-Fayed, Palestinian commander of

al-Quds Brigades Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) ( ar, سرايا القدس, ''Saraya al-Quds'' meaning ''Jerusalem Brigades'') is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which is the second largest group in the Gaza St ...

Ayman Al-Hindi Ayman Al-Hindi (born 5 January 1986) is a Palestinian football midfielder, who plays for Palestine football club Gaza Sports. He plays on a central and left midfield position. Al-Hindi captained the senior Palestine national football team th ...

, Palestinian footballer *

Ayman Ashraf Ayman Ashraf Elsayed Elsembeskany ( ara, أيمن أشرف السيد السمبسكاني; born 9 April 1991) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a centre-back, a left-back or a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly a ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Aymen Belaïd Aymen Belaïd ( ar, أيمن بلعيد; born 2 January 1989) is a French-born Tunisian footballer who plays as a centre back for FC Fleury 91 in the French Championnat National 2. Belaïd is the younger brother of Tijani Belaid who had a sti ...

, Tunisian footballer * Ayman Ben Hassine, Tunisian cyclist * Aymen Bouchhioua, Tunisian footballer * Aymen Ben Ahmed, Tunisian athlete * Ayman Hefny, Egyptian footballer * Ayman Yahya, Saudi footballer * Ayman Mahmoud, Egyptian pentathlete * Ayman Moheb, Egyptian footballer *

Ayman Al-Khulaif Ayman Al-Khulaif (born 22 May 1997) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer), footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Qadsiah FC, Al-Qadsiah and the Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia national team. Career On 24 July 2023, Al-Khul ...

, Saudi footballer * Ayman Jumean, Jordanian fencer *

Ayman Mohamed Hussein Ayman Mohamed Hussein (born 12 December 2000) is a Somali footballer who plays as a defender for Midnimo. Club career As of 2019, Hussein plays for Somali First Division club Midnimo. International career On 27 July 2019, Hussein made his debu ...

, Somali footballer * Ayman Mohamed Fayez, Egyptian fencer * Ayman Shawky, Egyptian footballer * Ayman Saied Joumaa, Colombian-Lebanese drug trafficker * Aymen Ben Amor, Tunisian footballer *

Aiman Abdallah Aiman Abdallah (born 1965) is a German television presenter of Egyptian descent for the German television show ''Galileo'' at ProSieben and former rugby national player. Born in Bad Kreuznach, he played for the Berliner SV 1892. Life and ca ...

, German-Egyptian TV presenter * Aimen Demai, Tunisian footballer * Ayman Halawani, Saudi film producer * Aymen Mathlouthi, Tunisian footballer *

Ayman Nour Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour ( arz, أيمن عبد العزيز نور, ; born 5 December 1964) is an Egyptian politician, a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, founder and chairman of the El Ghad party. Nour was the first man to ever compet ...

, Egyptian politician and former member of parliament, founder and chairman of

El-Ghad Party The el-Ghad Party ( ar, حزب الغد ', ; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of poli ...

* Ayman Odeh, Palestinian politician * Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi, Yemeni doctor and former Guantanamo Bay detainee *

Aymen Tahar Aymen Tahar ( ar, أيمن طاهر; born 2 October 1989) is an Algerian professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Greek Super League 2 club AEL. At international level, he has represented the Algeria U20 national team. Club ...

, British footballer of Algerian descent, * Ayman Taher, Egyptian former goalkeeper * Ayman Zeidan, Syrian TV host, comedian, voice actor and actor of film, television, and theater * Ayman Zohry, Egyptian demographer/geographer and expert on migration studies * Aiman Napoli, Italian footballer *

Aiman Al-Hagri Aiman Saleh Al-Hagri, commonly known as Aiman Al-Hagri ( ar, أيمن صلاح عبدالله الهاجري; born 3 February 1993), is a Yemeni professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He represented Yemen national football ...

, Yemeni footballer *

Aiman Al Ziyoud Aiman Al Ziyoud is the founder and CEO of Charisma Group, an Arabic television production company, where he leads the development of Arabic TV content. He is known as also as the host of Adam, and the longest running hit game show in Arab Televis ...

, Jordanian television producer *

Fakrul Aiman Sidid Mohd Fakrul Aiman bin Sidid (born 12 August 1989) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career PKNS (loan) Fakrul joined PKNS on loan in August 2012 for the Malaysia Cup. International career In August 2016, Fak ...

, Malaysian footballer *

Aiman El-Shewy Aiman El-Shewy (born 3 February 1968) is an Egyptian judoka. He competed in the men's half-heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 19 ...

, Egyptian judoka * Ayman Sawaf, author * Ayman Otoom, Jordanian poet and novelist *

Ayman Asfari Ayman Asfari (born 8 July 1958) is a Syrian-born British businessman. He was the chief executive (CEO) of Petrofac, a Jersey-registered multinational oilfield services company serving the oil, gas and energy production and processing industries, ...

, Syrian-born British businessman *

Prince Muhammad Aiman of Brunei Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah bin Hassanal Bolkiah ( ar, المهتدي بالله) (born 17 February 1974) is the eldest son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his wife Queen Saleha. He is the Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam and is fir ...

, son of Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince of

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

* Abu Ayman al-Iraqi, top ISIL commander (1965–2014) * Abu Ayman al-Masri, Egyptian leader of ''al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula'' * Ayman Lotfy, Egyptian fine art photographer * Ayman Sikseck, Israeli-Arab author * Ayman Baalbaki, Lebanese painter * Ayman Sabawi Ibrahim, nephew of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

, Tunisian footballer * Ayman Alatar, Libyan singer *

Ayman El Hassouni Ayman El Hassouni (born 22 February 1995) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Muaither as a winger. International career He made his debut for the Morocco national football team on 1 December 2021 in a 2021 FIFA Arab Cup game against Palest ...

, Moroccan footballer * Ayman Abu Fares, Jordanian footballer * Ayman Younes, Egyptian footballer *

Ayman Taha Ayman Taha ( ar, أيمن طه) (died 7 August 2014) was a senior Hamas official and the organization's spokesman in the Gaza Strip. Taha was co-founder of Hamas and also a former Hamas fighter.Bronner, EthanHamas Shifts From Rockets to Public R ...

, senior Hamas official * Ahmed Ayman Mansour, Egyptian footballer * Ayman Kamel, Egyptian ambassador to Japan *

Ayman Al-Hendy Ayman Al-Hendy, (born January 24, 1964) is a professor and director of translational research from Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago. His branch of medical/surgical knowledge is obstetrics and gynecology, particul ...

, Egyptian-American doctor * Ayman Hakeem, Syrian football coach * Aimen Rizouk, Algerian chess player * Ayman Zeidan, Syrian TV host *

Aiman Khan Aiman Muneeb (née Khan ; born on 20 November 1998) is a Pakistani actress who appears in Urdu television. She made her acting debut in 2012 with Hum TV's serial ''Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein'' and then appeared on many serials as Supporting role. ...

, Pakistani Actress

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