THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Usman
Usman is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Arabic, specifically the form عُثْمَان. The source expresses uncertainty; this account keeps that qualification.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ʔusˈman/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔʊsˈman̪]Standard-Tagalog
Us · man2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān), possibly via English Usman or Maguindanao Usman and also Tausug Usman.
a male given name, Usman, from Arabic
EnglishEtymology & source
Via an intermediary language, such as Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), or Malay Usman, from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).
A male given name from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Usman in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Usman
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Uman·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Arman♂Short form of Armand or Armando
- Eman♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Lukman·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Roman♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Román♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Russman·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Usodan·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Usman?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- AdanTagalog · /-an/
- AnnTagalog · /-an/
- FabianTagalog · /-an/
- JuanTagalog · /-an/
- JulianTagalog · /-an/
- RoxanneTagalog · /-an/
- SeanTagalog · /-an/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Usman further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Usman (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Usman (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.