Yahya ( ar, يحيى, Yaḥyā), also spelled ''

Yehya Yehya is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Yehya Ablikim (born 1988), Chinese football player * Yehya Bundhun (born 1965), Mauritius sportsman (archery, volleyball) * Mohamad Yehya Al Rashed (born 1982), Syrian football player ...

'', is an Arabic male

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 fa ...

. According to the Qur'anic narrative, it is an Arabic form of the given name John, originally Hebrew '' Yohanan'' (''Yəhôḥānān'' יְהוֹחָנָן‎ "

Yahu Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age if not somewhat earlier, and in the oldest biblical literature he posse ...

is gracious"), i.e. primarily John the Baptist, who is known as Yahya ibn Zakariyya in

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

, and is considered a prophet in Islam. For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world. The related Biblical name of Jehiah (''Yᵊḥîyâ'' יְחִיָּה "

lives") has the Arabic form ''Yaḥiyyā'' ., having the same Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya does. In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder. It is also a common nickname for the

12th Imam Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justi ...

Mononym

* Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion * Yahya ibn Khalid (died 806), Vizier of the Persian

Barmakids The Barmakids ( fa, برمکیان ''Barmakiyân''; ar, البرامكة ''al-Barāmikah''Harold Bailey, 1943. "Iranica" BSOAS 11: p. 2. India - Department of Archaeology, and V. S. Mirashi (ed.), ''Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era'' vol ...

family *

Yahya ibn Umar Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib was an Alid Imam. His mother was Umm al-Ḥusayn Fāṭima bint al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ...

ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn

Zayd ibn Ali Zayd ibn Zayn al-Abidin ( ar, زيد بن زين العابدين; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Calipha ...

Zayn al-Abidin ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Murtada,Incipient decline, By Ṭabarī, Joel L. Kraemer, pg.105-106
/ref> Alid imam * Yahya ibn al-Walid, was an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph

Al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad ca ...

(r. 705–715). * Yahya ibn Yazid, was an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph Yazid II (r. 720–724). * Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq (fl. 796–806), translator of Greek scientific texts * Yahya ibn Asad, Samanid ruler of Shash (819–855) and Samarkand (851/852–855) *

Yahya ibn Muhammad Yahya ibn Muhammad ( ar, يحيى بن محمد), (829–864) was the fifth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco.The Living and the Dead in Islam: Epitaphs in context By Werner Diem, Marco Schöller. p 196. Life A son of the previous sultan, Mu ...

(aka Yahya I), Idrisid ruler (848–864) *

Yahya ibn Yahya Yahya II ibn Yahya ( ar, يحيى الثاني بن يحيى) was the sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after the death of his father Yahya I Yahya ibn Muhammad ( ar, يحيى بن محمد), (829–864) was the fifth Idri ...

(died 874), sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco * Yahya of Antioch (Yahya ibn Sa'ïd), 11th-century Syrian chronicler * Yahya (Zaragoza) (fl. 1021–1029), full name Yahya ibn al-Mundhir, 11th century ruler of Zaragoza *

Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi (nisba of Sirhind) was a 15th century Indian chronicler who wrote ''Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi'', a Persian language chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate. Written during the reign of Mubarak Shah, his work is an important source ...

, 15th century Persian language writer from the Delhi Sultanate of India * Sultan Yahya (1585–1649), son of Sultan Mehmed III, a Christian convert and a claimant to the Ottoman throne *

Yahya bey Dukagjini Yahya may refer to: * Yahya (name), a common Arabic male given name * Yahya (Zaragoza), 11th-century ruler of Zaragoza * John the Baptist in Islam, also known as Yaḥyā ibn Zakarīyā See also * Tepe Yahya Tapeh Yahya () is an archaeological ...

(1498–1582), Ottoman ''diwan'' poet

Given name

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (; born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films ''Aquaman'' (2018) and ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama ' ...

(born 1986), American actor * Yahya Al-Shehri (born 1990), Saudi footballer *

Yahya Ayyash Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash ( ar, يحيى عياش) (6 March 1966 – 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname ''the E ...

(1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of Hamas * Yahya Boushaki (1935–1960), Algerian politician and military * Yahya El Hindi (born 1998), Lebanese footballer * Yahya Goba, Yemeni-American terrorist suspect arrested and charged as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "Lackawanna Six" *

Yahya Golmohammadi Yahya Golmohammadi ( fa, يحيى گل محمدى, born 19 March 1971) also knowend as YaYa is an Iranian former footballer and coach who is currently managing the Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis. He is one of only eight Iranians to sco ...

(born 1971), Iranian footballer * Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1948), imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926) *

Yahya Hassan Yahya Hassan (19 May 1995 – 29 April 2020) was a Danish poet and political activist of Palestinian descent, whose poems and public statements criticizing both Islam and Danish policies on migration and participation in armed conflicts mad ...

(born 1995), Palestinian-Danish poet and politician *

Yahya Jammeh Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the leader of The Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 199 ...

(born 1965), president of The Gambia * Yahya Khan (1917–1980), former Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff *

Yahya Rahim Safavi Yahya "Rahim" Safavi ( fa, یحیی (رحیم) صفوی, born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Early life Safavi was born in 1952 in the city of Isfahan, Iran. C ...

(born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) *

Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal Ṣubḥ-i-Azal (1831–1912, born Mírzá Yaḥyá) was an Iranian religious leader of Azali, Azali Bábism, known for his conflict with his half-brother Baháʼu'lláh over leadership of the Bábí community after 1853. In 1850, when he was ju ...

(1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism * Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917–1979), sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia *

(829-864), fifth Idrisid ruler of Morocco *

, sixth Idrisid ruler Morocco *

Yahya ibn al-Qasim Yahya III ibn al-Qasim ( ar, يحيى الثالث بن القاسم) was the eighth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after the death of Ali II in 880. He died in 904.The Sansūsiyyah movement of North Africa. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi ...

, eighth Idrisid ruler of Morocco *

Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar ( ar, يحيى بن إدريس بن عمر) was the ninth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after Yahya III in 904 and died in 917 when the Fatimids invaded Morocco.The Sansūsiyyah movement of North Africa ...

, ninth Idrisid ruler of Morocco * Yahya ibn Ibrahim, one of the founder of the Almoravid dynasty *

Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Umar ibn Talagagin ibn Turgut ibn Wartasin, commonly suffixed al-Lamtuni al-Sanhaji, (d. near Azuggi, 1056; Arabic : يحيى إبن عمر) was a chieftain of the Lamtuna, a tribe in the Sanhaja confederation. Yahya ibn Um ...

, chieftain of

Lamtuna The Lamtuna (Berber: Ilemteyen) are a nomadic Berber tribe belonging to the Iẓnagen / Sanhaja (Zenaga) confederation, who traditionally inhabited areas from Sous to Adrar Plateau. During the Almoravid period, many Lamtunas emigrated northwards. ...

and the first emir of the Almoravid * Abu Zakariya Yahya, founder and the first sultan of the

Hafsid dynasty The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...

Ifriqiya Ifriqiya ( '), also known as al-Maghrib al-Adna ( ar, المغرب الأدنى), was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia and eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (today's western Libya). It included all of what had previously ...

*Yahya Rahmani Indian socia

Surname

Adel Yahya On 15 January 2007 six men appeared at Woolwich Crown Court in connection with the attempted 21 July 2005 London bombings on London public transport. On 9 July 2007 the jury found Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Hussain Osman, and Ramzi Moham ...

(born 1982), English Islamist *

Ahmad bin Yahya , succession = King and Imam of Yemen , image = YemenAhmad.jpg , image_size = , caption = , reign = 17 February 1948 – 19 September 1962 , predecessor = Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din , successor = ...

(1891–1962), Yemeni imam *

Ali Yahya Ali Yahya ( ar, علی یحیی, he, עלי יחיא; – 11 September 2014) was an Israeli Arab diplomat. He became the first Israeli ambassador of Arab descent in 1995 when he was appointed Ambassador to Finland, a post in which he served unt ...

(1947–2014), Israeli Arab diplomat
Yaish Ibn Yahya
(ca1115-ca1151 or 1196), Scholar, politician, military leader. *

Izz al-Din Yahya ʻIzz ad-Dīn Yaḥyā ( fa, , bn, ইজ্জউদ্দীন ইয়াহিয়া, died 1338) was the Governor of the provincial Satgaon who reigned from 1328 to 1338. History Izzuddin was appointed the governor under the Tughlaq De ...

, 14th-century ruler of Satgaon, Bengal *

Mohammed Yahya Mohammed Yahya (also known as Mohammed Yahya Jan; 20 March 1901 – 4 March 1990) was primarily an Educationist, serving as the founder and first headmaster of the Islamia High School Peshawar, the Education Minister of the N.W.F.P. and director ...

(1901–1990), Pakistani politician *

Tahir Yahya Tahir Yahya ( ar, طاهر يحيى; 1916 – 1986) was Prime Minister of Iraq twice, from 1963 to 1965 and a short term in 1967–1968. He was educated at the Baghdad Military College and the Staff College. Born in Tikrit 1916. He was the 4th chi ...

(1916–1986), Iraqi politician *Yahya Rahmani indian social Activis

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Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Haqq () (died 1258) was a Marinid ruler. Life He was the son of Abd al-Haqq I and the brother of both Uthman I and Muhammad I. He shared, in advance, Morocco among the various Marinid clans then grouped togeth ...

, Marinid emir at

Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to: Media * ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...

* Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan, also called Abu Yahya I, the first sultan of the Zayyanid dynasty at Tlemcen *

Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya ( ar, أبو حفص عمر) (also known as Al-Mustansir II) was the Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya (1284–1295). After restoring Hafsid rule interrupted by the usurper Ibn Abi Umara (1283–1284), Abu Hafs Umar sought to rebu ...

, Hafsid caliph of

* Abu Yahya Abu Bakr as-Shahid, Hafsid caliph of

and a martyr * Shiekh Muhammad Yahya Waseem, Son of Waseem Akbar

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