Islam (name)

Egyptian adventurer Islam Kamel

This article is about the name. For the religion, see Islam.

Islam

Pronunciation	Islaam
Gender	neutral
Language	Arabic
Origin
Word/name	the religion of Islam
Region of origin	Muslim world
Other names
Derived	Š-L-M
Related names	Muslim, Salam

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".

Also, it is the name of the religion Islam and is primarily associated with Muslims. The name Islam is a diminutive of the name Aslam (أَسْلَم aslam), with both names stemming from the male noun-name Salaam.

Notable people with the name include:

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 Welterweight Champion
• Islam Satpayev (born 1998), Kazakh sport shooter
• 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 (born 1980), English restaurateur, curry chef and businessman
• Faisal Islam (born 1977), British journalist
• Faizul Islam (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Faizul Islam (writer) (1963–2025), Bangladeshi economist and fiction writer
• 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
• Runa Islam (born 1970), Bangladeshi-born British visual artist and filmmaker
• Rupam Islam (born 1974), Bengali singer and composer
• Sabirul Islam (born 1990), British author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker
• Saiful Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Samira Islam, Saudi Arabian pharmacologist
• Samirul Islam (born 1987), Indian-Bengali social activist
• Sanchita Islam (1973–2023), English artist, painter, writer and filmmaker of Bangladeshi descent
• Shafiul Islam (born 1989), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Shahara Islam, the youngest victim killed of the 7 July 2005 London bombings
• Taijul Islam (born 1992), Bangladeshi cricketer
• 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
• Monirul Islam, multiple people
• Nazrul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nurul Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Qamar al-Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sirajul 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