Rabia or Rabiah is the transliteration of two Arabic names written differently in Arabic text however they may be written similarly in the Latin script: An Arabic, usually male name ( ) meaning "Spring" An Arabic, female name ( ) meaning "Spring" or "Fourth Female" People Male name Rabīʿah () Rabiah ibn Kab, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (died 636), companion of Muhammad Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (died 624), pre-Islamic Arab tribal leader Rabiah ibn Mudhar, 6th-century Jewish king in present-day Yemen Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah, 7th-century caliphate general Salman ibn Rabiah (died 650), military governor of Armenia 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, 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 Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born 1976), Israeli-Arab sociologist, anthropologist, and feminist activist Rabia Makhloufi (born 1986), Algerian steeplechase runner Female name Rābiʿah () Rabia of Basra (710s–801), 8th-century female Muslim Sufi saint Rabia Balkhi, semi-legendary figure of Persian literature Rabia Bala Hatun, consort of Ottoman Sultan Osman I Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan (1642–1715), Haseki of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, mother and Valide Sultan of Sultan Mustafa II and Ahmed III. Rabia Sultan (died 1712), Haseki of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II Rabia Şermi Kadin (died 1732), consort of Sultan Ahmed III and mother of Sultan Abdülhamid I. Cheikha Rabia, Algerian singer Rabia Ashiq (born 1992), Pakistani athlete Rabia Butt, Pakistani model and actress Rabia Cirit (born 1998), Turkish female para-athlete Rabia Kayahan (born 2000), Turkish female armwrestler Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist Rabia Qari, Pakistani barrister Rabiah Hutchinson (born 1953), Australian militant Islamist leader 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 See also Rabeya (disambiguation) Rabiah (disambiguation) Arabic feminine given names Arabic masculine given names Arabic given names