Yahya (
Arabic: يحيى,
romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male
given name.
It is an[a] Arabic form of the given name
John, originally
HebrewYohanan (Yəhôḥānān
יְהוֹחָנָן "
YHWH is gracious"), i.e. primarily
John the Baptist, who is known as
Yahya ibn Zakariyya in
Islam, 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 "
YHWH lives") has the Arabic form Yaḥiyyāيَحِيَّى.[1], having the same Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya does.
^The other Arabic form of the given name John is Yūḥannā يوحنا, which is the form directly derived from the Hebrew original form, Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן. A notable example of the use of this form is of the Arabic original name of
John of Damascus.
Mononym
Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion
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"
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Yahya (
Arabic: يحيى,
romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male
given name.
It is an[a] Arabic form of the given name
John, originally
HebrewYohanan (Yəhôḥānān
יְהוֹחָנָן "
YHWH is gracious"), i.e. primarily
John the Baptist, who is known as
Yahya ibn Zakariyya in
Islam, 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 "
YHWH lives") has the Arabic form Yaḥiyyāيَحِيَّى.[1], having the same Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya does.
^The other Arabic form of the given name John is Yūḥannā يوحنا, which is the form directly derived from the Hebrew original form, Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן. A notable example of the use of this form is of the Arabic original name of
John of Damascus.
Mononym
Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion
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"
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.