Imran

Imran
Origin
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈʕɪmˌraːn]
Gender	Male
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	Amram
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Related names	Amram, Joachim

Imran, also transliterated as Emran (Arabic: عمران ʿImrān) is an Arabic name. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called House of ʿImrān (āl ʿImrān).

It may refer to:

Given name

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Imran, father of Mary in the Quran: see Joachim (Imran)
Imran, father of Moses in the Quran: see Amram
āl ʿimrān, the 3rd Chapter in the Quran
Imran (cricketer), Afghan cricketer
Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor
Imran Abbas (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
Imran Amed, Canadian-British fashion expert and founder of The Business of Fashion
Imran Arif, Pakistani-born English cricketer
Imran Aslam (actor), Pakistani television actor
Imran Aslam (journalist), Pakistani journalist and media personality
Imran Awan, Pakistani-American Information Technology worker
Imran Awan (cricketer), Pakistani born American cricketer
Emran Barakzai, Afghani-Dutch football player
Emran bin Bahar, Bruneian diplomat
Imran Farhat (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
Imraan Faruque, American designer and author
Imran Garda, Qatari news anchor
Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor
Imran Hashmi (footballer), Pakistani footballer
Imran ibn Husain, one of the companions of Muhammad and a narrator of Hadith
Imran Hussain (footballer), Pakistani footballer
Imran Jafferally, West Indies cricketer
Omran Jesmi, Emirati footballer
Imran Ullah Khan, Pakistani Army General
Imraan Khan, South African cricketer
Imran Riaz Khan (born 1975), Pakistani journalist and YouTuber
Imran Khan (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer and 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
Imran Khan (cricketer, born 1984), West Indian cricketer
Imran Khan (Bollywood actor) (born 1983), American actor
Imran Khan (singer), Dutch-born Pakistani Punjabi singer
Emran Mian, British Pakistani author
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (549–619), uncle of Muhammad; his first name is believed to be Imran
Imran Majid, English pool player
Imran Mohamed, Maldivian footballer
Imran Niazi, Pakistani footballer
Imran Nazir (cricketer) (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
Imran Nazir (politician), Pakistani politician
Imran Nazir (writer), Pakistani writer
Imran Parvez, Bangladeshi cricketer
Imran Shahid, ringleader of gang responsible for the murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
'Imran ibn Shahin, Nabataean founder of a state in the Batihah
Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player
Imran Tahir, Pakistani-born South African cricketer
Imran Usmanov, Chechen musician
Imran Yusuf, Kenyan-born British stand-up comedian
Omran al-Zoubi, Syrian politician

Surname

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See also: Omrani (disambiguation) and Umrani

Ahmed Omran, Egyptian footballer
Aseel Omran, Saudi singer
Mohammad Reithaudin Awang Imran, Malaysian footballer
Muhammad Imran, Pakistani hockey player
Muhammad Umran, Syrian defense minister
Nabil Omran, Libyan futsal player
Tariq Imran, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player
Sheikh Tushar Imran (born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer

Fictional characters

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Ali Imran, the protagonist of the Imran series
Imran Habeeb, in British soap opera Coronation Street
Imran Zakhaev, the main antagonist of the game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Imran Maalik, in British soap opera Hollyoaks
Imran Shinowa, minor character in GTA V.