Rabia

Rabia or Rabiah is the transliteration of two Arabic names written differently in Arabic text, which may be written similarly in the Latin script:

An Arabic, usually male name ربيع) meaning "Spring"
An Arabic, female name (Rābiʿah رابعة) or Rabeya literally meaning "fourth female" usually referring to the sufi mystic of the same name.

Rabia, Rabiah or Rabeya may refer to:

People

Male name Rabīʿah (ربيعة)

Rabiah ibn Kab, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Rabiah ibn Mudhar (6th-century), Jewish king in present-day Yemen
Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (died 636), companion of Muhammad
Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (died 624), pre-Islamic Arab tribal leader
Salman ibn Rabiah (died 650), military governor of Armenia
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah (died 652), Arab general of the Rashidun Caliphate
Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah (born 1959), Kuwaiti national formerly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay
Robert Rabiah (born 1986), Australian film actor and writer
Tawfiq Al Rabiah (born 1965), Saudi minister
Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), Egyptian member of al-Qaeda
Hamad Abu Rabia (1929–1981), Israeli-Arab politician
Hassan Rabia (born 1984), Omani footballer
Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi (born 1981), Omani footballer
Ramy Rabia (born 1993), Egyptian footballer
Rabia Makhloufi (born 1986), Algerian steeplechase runner

Female name Rabia

Rabia Akyürek (born 1999), Turkish wheelchair basketball player
Rabia Anum, Pakistani news anchor and television host
Rabia Ashiq (born 1992), Pakistani athlete
Rabia of Basra (710s–801), female Muslim Sufi saint
Rabia Balkhi (10th century), semi-legendary figure of Persian literature
Rabia Bala Hatun (died 1324), First Wife of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
Rabia Bhuiyan (fl. 1996–2001), Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician
Rabia Butt (born 1990), Pakistani model and actress
Rabia Cirit (born 1998), Turkish female para-athlete
Rabia İlhan (born 1981), Turkish lawyer and politician
Rabia Kayahan (born 2000), Turkish female armwrestler
Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
Rabia Qari, Pakistani barrister
Rabia Sultan (died 1712), haseki of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II
Rabia Şermi Kadın (died 1732), consort of Sultan Ahmed III and mother of Sultan Abdülhamid I
Rabia Topuz (born 2000), Turkish boxer
Cheikha Rabia (born 1944), Algerian singer
Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born 1976), Israeli Bedouin anthropologist and sociologist

Female name Rābiʿah (رابعة)

Rabiah Hutchinson (born 1953), Australian militant Islamist leader

Rabeya

Rabeya Alim (born 1950), Bangladesh Awami League politician
Rabeya Chowdhury (fl. 1979–2006), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
Rabeya Khan (born 2005), Bangladeshi cricketer
Rabeya Khatun (1935–2021), Bangladeshi novelist
Rabeya Müller (1957–2024), German Islamic scholar

Places

Al-Rabiaa, a village in northwestern Syria
Diyar Rabi'a, the medieval Arabic name of the easternmost province of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia)
Oum Rabia, a commune in Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco
Rabia, Iraq, a small border crossing town between Iraq and Syria
Rabia, Syria, a town in the Latakia Governorate, northwestern Syria

Other uses

Rabīʿa, an Arab tribe
Rabia School, Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque, a mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Rabia sign, a hand gesture
Rabeya (2008 film), Bangladeshi film