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Jordan is a given name and a surname.. The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew ירדן Yarden, relating to the Jordan River in West Asia. [1] According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the Jordan, [2] and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some of the river water in containers to use in the baptism of ...
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Abbadi or Abbadids or Ibad [1] (Arabic : بنو عباد) is an Arab Muslim dynasty and one of the biggest Bedouin tribes in Jordan. Abbadi is the second most common surname in Jordan. They are descended from "Qahtan" (Arabic : قحطانيون) [2] Many researchers believe that Prophet Shuaib is from the same tribe. Despite the fact that they ...
The root of the surname Fakhoury likely comes from the Arabic root word fakhour (Arabic: فخور) meaning ‘proud’. Many of the Fakhoury families can trace their roots to the Lebanese city of Rachaya Al Foukhar but they separated and some of them relocated to Saida where they bought a great amount of lands and got involved in the political ...
Al-Musharbash (also known as: Al-Sharabsheh.Arabic: المشربش ) is a prominent Christian Jordanian family who have resided in Jordan since the 1600s. It is believed that they are descendants of the historical Ghassanid dynasty through one of the 12 sons of King Amr IV, who ruled over a large portion of the Middle East in the early 7th century.
Ali Nour Al-Din is a 16th generation descendant of Abdul Qadir Al Gilani through his son Abdul Aziz. Abdul Qadir's father, Musa III bin Abdullah, is a descendant of Muhammad's grandson Caliph Hasan, while Abdul Qadir's mother, Fatima Bint Abdullah Al Soma'ai Al-Husseini, is a descendant of Muhammad through his grandson Hussein which makes him Ali Nour Al-Din a 29th generation descendant of ...
Jordan takes its name from the Jordan River, which forms much of the country's northwestern border. [14] While several theories for the origin of the river's name have been proposed, it is most plausible that it derives from the Hebrew word Yarad (ירד), meaning "the descender", reflecting the river's declivity. [15]
It is a common in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and some other parts of South India that the spouse adopts her husband's first name instead of his family or surname name after marriage. [10] In Rajasthan, the community name and sometimes the gotra or clan name are used as surnames. Usage of community name as surname include: Charan, Jat, Meena, Rajput, etc.