Rajab ( ar, رجب) is a masculine Arabic given name corresponding to the seventh month of the

Islamic calendar The Hijri calendar ( ar, ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, translit=al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 ...

, it is transcribed as

Recep Recep may refer to: People Surname * Aziz Recep (born 1992), German-Greek footballer * Sibel Recep (born 1987), Swedish pop singer Given name * Recep Adanır (born 1929), Turkish footballer * Recep Akdağ (born 1960), Turkish physician and pol ...

in Turkish, and Ragab from

Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, an ...

, and

Rexhep Rexhep is an Albanian masculine given name. People bearing the name include: * Rexhep Pasha Mati (1842–1908), Ottoman marshal, governor, war minister, revolutionary * Rexhep Demi (1864–1929), member of the Albanian independence movement, po ...

in Albanian.

Given name

* Ragab Abdelhay, Egyptian weightlifter * Rajab Ali, Kenyan cricketer * Babu Rajab Ali, Indian writer *

Omar Rajab Amin Twelve Kuwaiti detainees were held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. The last Kuwaiti, Fayiz Al Kandari, was repatriated in January 2016. The US had accused the 12 Kuwaitis of being associa ...

, Kuwaiti prisoner *

Rajab Bursi Rajab al-Hafiz al-Bursi (d 1411) an Arab Shia theologian and mystic. Rajab al-Hafiz al-Bursi was born in contemporary Iraq, near Hilla, and moved to the Iranian province of Khurasan to escape accusations of heresy. Some sources indicate that h ...

, Iraqi Sufi *

Ismail Ahmed Rajab Al Hadidi Ismail Ahmed Rajab Al Hadidi is an Iraqi-Kurdish politician who served as the deputy for the mayor-governor of Kirkuk. Al Hadidi was born in 1955, and was elected as deputy for the mayor of Kirkuk, Abdul Rahman Mustafa in 2003 by the multiethnic ...

, Iraqi politician *

Salih Rajab al-Mismari Brigadier General Salih Rajab al-Mismari ( ar, العميد صالح المسماري) was a Libyan politician and general in the Libyan army who served as Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya for Public Security during the Gaddafi ...

, Libyan politician *

Rajab Mwinyi Rajab Mwinyi (born January 10, 1984, in Bujumbura) is a Burundian midfield player who plays for Simba SC in Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, i ...

, Burundian footballer

Surname

Abdallah Ragab Abdallah Ragab ( ar, عبد الله رجب) is a defensive (left) midfielder for Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after t ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Ahmed Ragab (satirist) Ahmad Ragab (1928–12 September 2014) was an Egyptian satirist whose writings appeared in the newspaper '' Al-Akhbar''. Ragab was known by writing "Nos Kelma" ("Half a Word"), usually a few lines of satire. He is sometimes considered a national i ...

, Egyptian satirist *

Ahmed Ragab (sailor) Ahmed Ahmed Mahmud Ragab ( ar, أحمد أحمد محمود رجب, born 29 September 1991) is an Egyptian competitive sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), o ...

, Egyptian sailor *

Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab ( ar, محمد الزروق رجب) (born 1940) was a former Head of State and General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) in Libya. Rajab was General Secretary of the General People's Congress from Janu ...

, Libyan politician * Sauda Rajab, Kenyan business executive {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names