Aban (Name)

Aban (transliteration: Abān) is an Arabic name for boys that is the name of a mountain mentioned in Arabic dictionaries.¹ One meaning of the word is “the time (of something taking place)”, as in the usual time of the stars coming out.²

Aban is also spelled Abaan.

There are nine Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Aban:

• Aban bin Sa`eed bin al-`Aas ابان بن سعيد بن العاص
• Aban bin Abdullah أبان بن عبد الله
• Aban al-Abdi أبان العبدي
• Aban al-Muharibi أبان المحاربي
• Aban bin Abi Ayyash al-Shanni أبان بن أبي عياش الشني
• Aban bin Taghlib al-Rab`i أبان بن تَغلِب الرَّبعي
• Aban bin Salih bin Umair bin Ubaid أبان بن صالح بن عمير بن عبيد
• Aban bin Uthman bin Affan أبان بن عثمان بن عفان
• Aban bin Yazeed al-Attar أبان بن يزيد العطار

Below is the name Aban written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is Aban written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Al-Muheet fil Lughah by al-Sahib bin Abbad (d. c. 995 CE), entry for أبن.
2. Majma` Bihaar al-Anwaar by al-Fattini (d. 1578 CE), entry for أبن.