Wahb ( ar, وهب) is a

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that means "gift". This name is not to be confused with

Al-Wahhab Wahhab (''Wahhāb'' ) is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "''The Bestower''". It is also used as a personal name, as a short form of Abdul Wahab - the "''Servant of the Bestower''". In the Qur'an *Appears three times in the Qur'an ...

(الوهاب) (The Bestower) which is one of the

99 names of God Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith ...

. People named Wahb include: *

Vaballathus Septimius Vaballathus (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; ar, وهب اللات, translit=Wahb Allāt; 259 – c. 274 AD) was emperor of the Palmyrene Empire centred at Palmyra in the region of Syria. He came to power as a child under his re ...

- Emperor of Palmyra *

Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf ( ar, وهب بن عبد مناف) ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah, was the chief of Banu Zuhrah, and the father of Aminah bint Wahb. He was thus the grandfather of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Family Wahb's grandfather was ...

Wahb ibn Munabbih Wahb ibn Munabbih ( ar, وهب بن منبه) was a Yemenite Muslim traditionist of Dhimar (two days' journey from Sana'a) in Yemen; died at the age of ninety, in a year variously given by Arabic authorities as 725, 728, 732, and 737 C.E. He was a ...

Wahb ibn Umayr Wahb ibn ʿUmayr ( ar, وهب بن عمير) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the son of Umayr ibn Wahb. He witnessed the conquest of Egypt. Wahb ibn Umayr was the leader of the Battle of Amuriyah in the Egyptian sea in 23 AH. H ...

Wahb ibn Sa'd Wahb ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ ( ar, وهب بن سعد بن أبي سرح; died in the year 8 AH (629 CE) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He embraced Islam and then moved to Yathrib, and visited the house of Kulthum ibn al-Hid ...

People using it in their patronymic include: *

Aminah bint Wahb Aminah bint Wahb ( ar, آمِنَة ٱبْنَت وَهْب, ', ), was a woman of the clan of Banu Zuhrah in the tribe of Quraysh, and the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Early life and marriage Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf an ...

Halah bint Wahb Shayba ibn Hāshim ( ar, شَيْبَة بْن هَاشِم; 497–578), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, ( ar, عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب , lit=Servant of Muttalib) was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation. He was ...

Umayr ibn Wahb ʿUmayr ibn Wahb ( ar, عمير بن وهب) was one of the Companions of the Prophet, and one of the enemies of the Muslim at that time before he converted to Islam. He converted to Islam after the Battle of Badr. See also * Wahb ibn Umayr, ch ...