Ayman (, also spelled as Aiman, Aimen, Aymen, or Eymen in the Latin alphabet) is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

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 f ...

. 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 vowel ...

() for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''on the right'', ''right-handed'', ''blessed'' or ''lucky''. In Turkish, the name is spelled as ''Eymen''. Eymen was the second most popular given name for boys born in Turkey in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. An early bearer of the name was Ayman ibn Ubayd, an early

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

and companion of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

Notable people with the name include

* Ayman ibn Ubayd, early

and son of Umm Ayman * Aiman Khwajah Sultan, Prince of

Moghulistan Moghulistan, also called the Moghul Khanate or the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, was a Muslims, Muslim, Mongol, and later Turkic peoples, Turkic breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate and a historical geographic area north of the Tian Shan, Teng ...

* Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of

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2011–22 * Ayman Safadi, Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs * Aimen Dean, founding member of

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* Ayman Mohyeldin, Egyptian-American journalist * Ayman Majali, former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan * Aymen Benabderrahmane, former Prime Minister of Algeria * Prince Muhammad Aiman of Brunei, son of Prince

Al-Muhtadee Billah Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni Hassanal Bolkiah (Jawi script, Jawi: ; born 17 February 1974) is the eldest son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his wife Queen Saleha. He is the Crown Prince of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam, and is first in the line of succ ...

, Crown Prince of

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

* Ayman al-Aloul, Palestinian Journalist * Ayman Al-Hussaini, Kuwaiti footballer *

Ayman Hariri Ayman Rafic Hariri (أيمن الحريري; 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 ...

, Lebanese businessman and son of

Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri (; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon, prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. Hariri headed fi ...

* Ayman Al-Hujaili, Saudi footballer * Ayman Ftayni, Saudi footballer * Ayman Al-Salek Syrian actor * Ayman Al-Sayyad, Egyptian journalist * Aymen Hussein, Iraqi footballer * Aymane Serhani, Moroccan singer * Ayman Sadiq, Bangladeshi entrepreneur and internet personality * Ayman Ben Mohamed, Irish-Tunisian footballer * Ayman Adais, Jordanian basketball player * Ayman Cherkaoui, Moroccan climate change lawyer * Aiman Hakim Ridza, Malaysian actor and singer * Aiman Witjaksono, Indonesian journalist and host of Aiman (TV program) * Ayman Halawani, Saudi film producer * Aymen Mathlouthi, Tunisian footballer * Ayman Nour, Egyptian politician and former member of parliament, founder and chairman of El-Ghad Party * Ayman Odeh, Palestinian politician * Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi, Yemeni doctor and former Guantanamo Bay detainee * Aymen Tahar, 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 * Ayman Nofal, Al-Qassam Brigades commander * Ayman Taha,

Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...

Commander * Ayman Kari, French footballer * Ayman Baalbaki, Lebanese painter * Aymen Hussein, Iraqi footballer * Aymen Mahious, Algerian footballer * Aymen Abdennour, Tunisian footballer * Aymen Barkok, German-Moroccan footballer * Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, British-Iraqi writer * Ayman Aourir, German-Moroccan footballer * Ayman Arguigue, Spanish-Moroccan footballer * Ayman Sabawi Ibrahim, Iraqi militant * Ayman Azhil, German footballer * Ayman Sellouf, Dutch footballer * Ayman Younes, Egyptian footballer * Ayman Asfari, Syrian-British businessman * Ayman Alatar, Libyan singer * Ayman Aiki, French footballer * Ayman Sikseck, Israeli-Arab journalist * Ayman El Yamani, Egyptian footballer * Ayman Hakeem, Syrian football coach * Ayman Klzie, Syrian swimmer * Ayman Shihadeh, British historian

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Notable people with the name include

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