Rayan ( ar, ريّان or ريان, translit=rayyān), also spelt Rayyan, is generally a given name of
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
origin, usually male but sometimes female, meaning "Door Of Heaven”, “Beautifier", "luxuriant" or "plentiful" in Arabic.
In
Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
tradition, it is the name of one of the gates of
Jannah
In Islam, Jannah ( ar, جَنّة, janna, pl. ''jannāt'',lit. "paradise, garden", is the final abode of the righteous. According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Quran. Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of f ...
, ''Al-Rayyan'', through which only those who fast a lot would enter on the
Day of Resurrection
In Islam, "the promise and threat" () of Judgment Day ( ar, یوم القيامة, Yawm al-qiyāmah, Day of Resurrection or ar, یوم الدین, italic=no, Yawm ad-din, Day of Judgement),
when "all bodies will be resurrected" from the dead, ...
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Given name
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Rayan Al-Boqami (born 1992), Saudi footballer
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Rayan Cherki
Mathis Rayan Cherki (; ar, رايان شرقي; born 17 August 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Early life
Cherki was born on 17 August 2003 in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyo ...
(born 2003), French footballer
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Rayan Frikeche (born 1991), Moroccan footballer
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Rayan Hawili (born 1994), Lebanese-American American football player
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Rayan Helal (born 1999), French racing cyclist
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Rayan Kadima (born 1997), French footballer
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Rayan Khemais (born 1998), French footballer
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Rayan Oram
On 1 February 2022, five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram (; ) fell into a dry well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco.
Rescue attempts were delayed by the narrow well and fragile ground. A separate trench wa ...
(born 2016 or 2017; died 2022), Moroccan child killed in well accident
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Rayyan Pathan (born 1991), Canadian cricketer
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Rayan Souici
Rayan Souici (born 28 February 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Dijon FCO.
Club career
Souici developed through the Saint-Étienne academy. He made his Ligue 1
Ligue 1, off ...
(born 1998), French footballer
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Rayan Yaslam
Rayan Yaslam Mohammed Aboudan Al Jaberi (born 23 November 1994), or simply Rayan Yaslam ( ar, ريان يسلم), is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Al Ain and the United Arab Emirates national team. ...
(born 1994), Emirati football
Surname
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Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (born 1998), Egyptian footballer
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Issa Rayyan (born 2000), American footballer
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Jamal Rayyan
Jamal Rayyan (; born 23 August 1953 in Tulkarm) is a Palestinian news television anchorman with Al Jazeera Television Network.
Professional experience
Jordan Radio and Television News
From 1974 to 1989 Jammal Rayan worked as news reporter and ...
(born 1953), Palestinian journalist
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Mohommed Rayyan
Colonel Mohammed Rayyan (died 1986), nicknamed "Sky Falcon," was a fighter pilot with the Iraqi Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War. He scored 5 air combat kills.''Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat'', by David Nicolle and Tom Cooper, (2004) ...
(1955–1986), Iraqi fighter pilot
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Nizar Rayan
Nizar Rayan ( ar, نزار ريان, , also transliterated Rayyan; 6 March 1959 – 1 January 2009) was a high ranking Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing. Al ...
(1959–2009), Hamas official
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Shahul Rayyan (born 1995), Singaporean footballer
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Yasser Rayyan (born 1970), Egyptian footballer
Mononymous names
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Rayan (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian footballer
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Rayan (footballer, born 2006), Brazilian footballer
References
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Arabic masculine given names