Nuʿmān
نعمان
Say it nu-MAAN
Ease and well-being
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- n-ʿ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Numan, Noman, Nouman, Nu’man
Meaning & source
From a root meaning ease, a good life and well-being (niʿmah).
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[نعم] النون والعين والميم فروعُه كثيرة، وعندنا أنّها على كثرتها راجعةٌ إلى أصلٍ واحدٍ يدلُّ على ترفُّهٍ وطِيب عيش وصلاح.
Who carried this name
- al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8749 (vol. 6, p. 346)
- al-Nuʿmān ibn Muqarrin Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8782 (vol. 6, p. 357)