Islam ( Arabic: إِسْلَام, romanized: ʾIslām) is an Arabic male and female given name and surname meaning "acceptance, agreement approval (the truth)", "god-fearing, humility, devoutness", "acknowledgment, admission, yield, obeyance", "obedience, preservation, protection, safeguarding, keeping", "piety, loyalty, devotion", "subjection, submissiveness, wonder, admiration, respect, submitting".^{[ citation needed]}

Also, the name of the religion Islam and is primarily associated with Muslims. The name Islam is a diminutive of the name Aslam (أَسْلَم aslam), which both names stemming from the male noun-name Salaam.^{[ citation needed]}

It may refer to:

People with the given name

• Islam Alijaj (born 1986), Swiss disability activist
• Islam al-Behairy (born 1974), Egyptian liberalist
• Islam Alsultanov (born 2001), Russian footballer
• Islam Chipsy, stage name of Egyptian musician Islam Said
• Islam El-Shater (born 1976), Egyptian football player
• Islam Karimov (1938–2016), president of Uzbekistan
• Islam Makhachev (born 1991), Russian mixed martial artist, UFC Lightweight Champion
• Islam Slimani (born 1988), Algerian football player
• Noor Islam Dawar, Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist
• Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin (born 1955), Bangladeshi business magnate

People with the surname

• Aktar Islam – Restaurateur, curry chef and businessman
• Faisal Islam (born 1977), British journalist
• Mitchell Islam (born 1990), Canadian figure skater
• Naeem Islam (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Rizza Islam (born 1990), member of the Nation of Islam and social media influencer
• Rupam Islam, Bengali Singer & Musician under Bangla Rock Genre, Kolkata, West Bengal
• Runa Islam – Film and photography visual artist, who was nominated for the 2008 Turner Prize
• Sabirul Islam – author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker
• Saiful Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Samirul Islam (born 1987), Indian-Bengali social activist
• Shafiul Islam (born 1989), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Sanchita Islam – Artist, writer and filmmaker
• Shahara Islam –The youngest victim killed during the 7 July 2005 London bombings
• Taijul Islam (born 1992), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Tanish Islam (born 1996), Indian Space Engineer
• Umar Islam, formerly Brian Young (born 1978), member of the foiled 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
• Yusuf Islam British singer, born Stephen Demetre in 1948 and formerly known as Cat Stevens

Compound names with Islam as a suffix

• Manzurul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nazrul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nurul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Qamar al-Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tajul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Zahurul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people

See also

• Islamuddin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Islamul Ahsan (born 1992), Bangladeshi cricketer

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