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Pages in category "Arabic-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 762 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Nonetheless, such names are accepted in some areas. Its use is not exclusive to Muslims and throughout all Arab countries, the name Abdel-Massih, "Servant of Christ", is a common Christian last name. Converts to Islam may often continue using the native non-Arabic non-Islamic names that are without any polytheistic connotation, or association.
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For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
The Irish last name Hassan or its variants Hasson, Hassen, Hassin is frequently found especially in the area of Derry in Northern Ireland and also everywhere where there is a sizable Irish diaspora like in the United States, Canada, Scotland, England, Australia and New Zealand.
Haddad (Arabic: حدّاد) is an Arabic surname meaning blacksmith, commonly used in the Levant and Algeria. [ 1 ] Hadad is the name of an ancient Semitic storm-god.
The Ali surname is especially common in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world. [1] Ali is the most common last name in Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Kuwait and Libya. [2] The last name can also be found among the Indian Muslim and Pakistani communities, as it is often associated with the descendants of Ali in these ...
Rehman or Rahman (Arabic: رحمن, Raḥmān) is an Arabic and Hebrew origin surname meaning "Gracious", "King", "Merciful" or "Lord" based on the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M. With nisba (Arabic onomastic ), the name becomes Rehmani , means "descendant of the gracious one" and is also used as a surname by some people belonging to Sayyed ...