'''Nu'man''' ({{langx|ar|نعمان |translit=Nuʿmān}}) is an Arabic given name dating to pre-Islamic times, meaning ''blood'' or ''red''. Prevailingly, the Islamic given name is most commonly associated to the Arabic word meaning ''bliss''. It is also used with the definite article, {{lang|ar|النعمان}}, transliterated ''an-Nu'man'' or ''al-Nu'man''. Alternatives spellings include ''Noman'', ''Nouman'', ''Noumaan'', and ''Numan''. It may refer to:
*seven of the Ghassanid Kings (327-ca. 600) *Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays (reigned ca. 390–418), king of the Lakhmids *Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad (reigned 497–503), king of the Lakhmids *Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir (active 581-583), king of the Ghassanids *Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir (active 582–ca. 602), king of the Lakhmids *Nouman ibn Muqarrin (died 641), one of the companions of Muhammad *Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān, known as Abū Ḥanīfa (699—767), founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence *Qadi al-Nu'man (died 974), Isma'ili jurist, official historian of the Fatimid caliphs *Köprülü Numan Pasha (1670-1719), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *Noman Çelebicihan (1885-1918), Crimean Tatar politician *Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1909-1996), twice Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic *Yasin Said Numan (born 1948), Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1986-1990 *Numan Gumaa (1937-2014) Egyptian lawyer and politician *Mohamed Noman Galal (born 1943), Egyptian diplomat and author *Numan Kurtulmuş (born 1959), Turkish politician *Noman Mubashir (born 1974), Pakistani-Norwegian journalist *Noman Bashir, Pakistani admiral *Nomanul Haq (born 1948), Pakistani-American historian *Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman, Yemeni diplomat *No'man Ashour (1918-1987), Egyptian poet and playwright *Noman Benotman (born 1967), Libyan politician *Noman Masood (born 1968), Pakistani television actor *Noman Ijaz (born 1965), Pakistani television and film actor *Nouman Ali Khan (born 1978), Pakistani-American Muslim speaker *Nimcaan Yusuf Osman (born 1985), Chief of the General Staff of the Somaliland Armed Forces since January 23, 2025.<ref name="pl202501232">{{Cite news |author= |date=2025-01-23 |title=Madaxweyne Cirro oo magacaabay Taliyaha Ciidamada & Taliyaha Booliska Somaliland |trans-title=President Cirro appoints Somaliland's Chief of Army and Police |url=https://www.puntlandes.com/?p=111347 |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=Puntlandes}}</ref>
==See also== *Order of Al Nu'man, an Omani order awarded to diplomats *Nuaman, name of a Palestinian hamlet outside Jerusalem *Numan (disambiguation), another spelling of the name *Ma`arrat an-Nu`man, city in Syria *Naaman (disambiguation) *Nomani
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