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Islam () 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