Ata-ur-Rahman explained

Ata-ur-Rahman (Arabic: عطا الرحمن ) is a masculine Islamic given name. It is built from the Arabic words Ata, al- and Rahman. The name means "gift of the most merciful", ar-Rahman being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^{[1] [2]}

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, usually by u. Because the letter r is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic and Urdu with letters corresponding to Ata al-Rahman, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Ata ur-Rahman. The transliteration Atta often appears for the first element and Rehman for the last, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

Notable bearers of the name include

• Ataur Rahman (poet) (1925–1999), Bangladeshi poet
• Ataur Rahman Khan Khadim (1933–1971), Bangladeshi academic
• Ataur Rahman (born 1941), Bangladeshi theater actor and director
• Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya, Indian Politician
• Atta ur Rahman (scientist) (born 1942), Pakistani organic chemist
• Atiur Rahman (born 1951), Bangladeshi economist
• Maulana Atta Ur Rehman (born 1965), Pakistani politician
• Ataurrehman (born 1968), Indian politician
• Ata-ur-Rehman (cricketer) (born 1975), Pakistani cricketer
• Ata-ur-Rehman (Balochistan cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti, known as Rehman Chishti (born 1978), British politician
• Atta ur Rehman Memon, Pakistani electrical engineer
• Ataur Rahman (Gaibandha politician)
• Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist)
• Ataur Rahman (politician, born 1951)
• Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya, Indian politician
• Ataur Rahman Khan (disambiguation), several people

References

1. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. Salahuddin Ahmed. Hurst & Company. London. 1999.
2. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. S. A. Rahman. Goodword Books. New Delhi. 2001.