Ibrahim (name)
male given name (إبراهيم)
Ibrahim (Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm; also anglicized as Ibraheem) is the Arabic name of Abraham, the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is a common male first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram in Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. It likely indicates a Jewish origin when it is used as a surname.
As a surname it was a common indicator of Jewish origin prior to the exodus of the mizrahi population in Arabic speaking countries to Israel. This surname in the Arabic speaking countries today can indicate Jewish origin – and potential conversion to Christianity/Islam at some point.
In the Levant and Maghreb, Brahim and Barhoum are common diminutives for the first name Ibrahim.
Given name
Ibrahim
Ibrahim "Baim" Wong (born 1981), Indonesian artist
Ibrahim (1615–1648), Ottoman sultan
Ibrahim Abatcha (1938–1968), Chadian politician
Ibrahim Abboud (1900–1983), President of Sudan (1958–1964)
Ibrahim Abouleish (1937–2017), Egyptian scientist
Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa (born 1942), Palestinian peace activist
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1929–2001), Palestinian academic
Ibrahim Afellay (born 1986), Dutch footballer
Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), Kurdish politician
Ibrahim Al Hilbawi (1858–1940), Egyptian jurist and politician
Ibrahim al-Jaafari (born 1947), Iraqi politician
Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf (1852–1928), Kuwaiti politician
Ibrahim Al-Shahrani (born 1974), Saudi Arabian footballer
Ibrahim al-Yaziji (1847–1906), Lebanese writer
Ibrahim Alemi, Iranian politician
Ibrahim Ali Tashna (1872–1931), Bengali poet and Islamic scholar
Ibrahim Arman Loni, known as Arman Loni (1983–2019), Pashtun human rights activist
Ibrahim Artan Ismail, Somali politician, former Minister of Security of Puntland
Ibrahim Awal (born 1990), Qatari footballer
Ibrahim Ba (born 1973), Senegalese-French footballer
Ibrahim Babangida (born 1941), 8th President of Nigeria
İbrahim Balaban (1921–2019), Turkish painter
Ibrahim Benli (born 1979), Danish politician
Ibrahim Benoh, Jordanian-born American artist and educator
Ibrahim Bey (Mamluk) (1735–1833), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin
Ibrahim Bilali (born 1965), Kenyan boxer
Ibrahim Böhme (1944–1999), German politician
Ibrahim Chaibou (born 1966), Nigerien referee
Ibrahim Dadashov (1926–1990), Soviet wrestler
Ibrahim Deif (born 1962), Egyptian academic
Ibrahim Fazeel (born 1980), Maldivian footballer
Ibrahim Ferrer (1927–2005), Afro-Cuban singer
Ibrahim Ghosheh (1936–2021), Palestinian civil engineer and politician
Ibrahim Haddad (born 1938), Syrian politician
Ibrahim Halidi (1954–2020), Prime Minister of Comoros
Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958), Jordanian lawyer and politician
Ibrahim Heski (died 1931), Kurdish politician
Ibrahim Hussein (disambiguation)
Ibrahim I of Shirvan (died 1417), ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (779–839), an Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet. He was the son of the third Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi.
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (died 750), the Umayyad caliph from 4 Oct to 4 Dec 744.
Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar or Al-Muttaqi (908–968), Caliph of Baghdad during Later Abbasid period
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630–632), the third son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q892211. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1981, 1615, 1648 and 1938.
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