Ridwan means "pleased". According to Islamic traditions

Hadith

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, Ridwan is the name of the angel

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 in charge of maintaining Jannah

Jannah

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 or Paradise

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. It is also pronounced as "Rizwan

Rizwan

Rizwan is used as first and surname.It may refer to:* Ridwan or Rizwan, the angel in charge of maintaining Jannah or Paradise in Islam* Rizwan Hussain* Rizwan-Muazzam* Rizwan Latif* Rizwan Shamshad* Rizwan-uz-Zaman* Rizwanur Rahman...

" or "Rizvan" or "Ridvan" or "Rıdvan" in Turkish

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, Bosnian

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, Persian

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, Urdu

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, Pashto, Tajik

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, Punjabi

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, Kashmiri

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, and other languages heavily influenced by Persian. It is alternatively spelled as "Riduan" in Malaysia and Indonesia, while "Redouane" is the most common spelling in French. Nowadays this name is usually used as a masculine name either by Arabs or Muslims.