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Pages in category "Arabic-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 747 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Pages in category "Surnames of Arabic origin" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
* Yasu' is the Arab Christian name, while ʿĪsā is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an. There is debate as to which is the better rendition of the Aramaic Ishuʿ, because both names are of late origin. ** Yuhanna is the Arab Christian name of John, while Yahya is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an.
Pages in category "Bengali Muslim surnames" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abid; Ahmad;
A Abeer Abiha Adela (name) Afaf Afreen Aisha Aliya Alya (name) Amalia (given name) Amina (disambiguation) Amira (name) Arwa Ashraqat Ashfa Asma (given name) Atikah Aya (given name) Azhar (name) Azra (name) Aziza (name) B Boutheina Bushra Besma C Chaima D Dalal (name) Dalia (given name) Danielle Dana (given name) Dareen Dina E Eliana Esma Eva (name) F Fadwa Farah (name) Farida (given name ...
Albanians of Muslim background often bear Christian last names (denoting former Christian origin), and those with Christian often bear Muslim last names (which many in Northern regions adopted thinking it would lead to better treatment from the Ottoman authorities), although the holders of Bektashi surnames are usually actually of Bektashi ...
Another example is last names that indicate relation to religious groups such as Zoroastrian (e.g. Goshtaspi, Namiranian, Azargoshasp), Jewish (e.g. Yaghubian [Jacobean], Hayyem [Life], Shaul [Saul]) or Muslim (e.g. Alavi, Islamnia, Montazeri) Last names are arbitrary; their holder need not to have any relation with their meaning.