Arabic Submitted Surnames

Fuad فؤاد Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Fuad.

Furqan فرقان Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Furqan.

Gab Arabic (Egyptian)

Gabr جبر Arabic
From the given name Jabr.

Gadaffi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Gaddafi قذافي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From قذاذفة (Qadhadhfa), the Arabic name for a Berber tribe in Libya. The name possibly means "thrower, archer", from Arabic قَذَفَ (qaḏafa) meaning "to throw". A famous bearer was Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), a Libyan politician and revolutionary.

Gailani Pakistani, Arabic (Rare)
Variant of Gilani.

Galal جلال Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Jalal.

Gamal Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Jamal.

Gamel Arabic (Egyptian)

Gamlouche جملوش Arabic (Mashriqi)
Meaning unknown. It is found mostly in Lebanon and Kuwait.

Gasmi قاسمي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Qasim.

Ghaffar غفار Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghaffar.

Ghafoor غفور Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghafur.

Ghaith غيث Arabic
From the given name Ghayth

Ghaleb غالب Arabic
From the given name Ghalib.

Ghali غالي Arabic
From the given name Ghali.

Ghanem غانم Arabic
Derived from the given name Ghanim.

Ghanim غانم Arabic
Derived from the given name Ghanim.

Ghannouchi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown. A notable bearer is Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941–), the former Prime Minister of Tunisia.

Gharbi غربي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "westerner, one from the west" from Arabic غرب (gharb) meaning "west, occident". In Tunisia it is typically used as a name for someone originally from Algeria or Morocco (being the two westernmost countries in North Africa).

Ghassan Arabic (Modern)
The Ghassan surname originated in the village of Furzol in eastern Lebanon. It is believed that the name came from Shefa-'Amr in Israel, and was brought by Ghassans that were fleeing the unjust rule of Ahmed al-Jazzar, the Wali of Sidon and Damascus in the late 18th century... [more]

Ghazey Arabic (Egyptian)

Ghazi غازي Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghazi.

Gholam غلام Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Gholam.

Ghulam غلام Arabic, Pashto, Urdu
From the given name Ghulam.

Gilani جيلاني Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Originally indicated a person from the Gilan province in Iran, or the Gelani tribe mentioned in ancient records.

Gillani جيلاني Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Alternate transcription of Arabic جيلاني or Persian, Urdu گیلانی (see Gilani).

Gobara جبارة Arabic (Egyptian, Anglicized), Arabic
In Egypt and Sudan the surname Jabbar is pronounced with a ‘G’ sound in English. It is also feminine form hence the additional ‘A’ at the end of the name.

Gomaa جمعة Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Juma.

Guerfi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Haamid حامد Arabic
From the first name Haamid, meaning "praiser".

Habeeb حبيب Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Habib.

Habib حبيب Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Habib.

Habibi حبيبي Persian, Arabic
From the given name Habib.

Hachemi هاشمي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Hashmi (chiefly Algerian).

Hachimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hashim (chiefly Moroccan).

Hachmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Hashmi (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Hadad حداد Arabic, Hebrew
Variant transcription of Haddad.

Haddad حداد Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic, ultimately from Syriac ܚܕܕܐ (hadado).

Haddadi حدادي Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Derived from Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".

Hadi هادي Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Hadi.

Hadia هادية Arabic
From the given name Hadia.

Hadj حاج Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).

Hadlin Arabic

Hafeez حفيظ Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hafiz.

Hafez حفيظ Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.

Hafidi حافيظي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hafiz.

Hafnaoui حفناوي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Haidar حيدر Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Haidar.

Haider حيدر Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Haider.

Hail English, Arabic

Haitham هيثم Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.

Haj حاج Arabic
Refers to a person who has participated in the حج (hajj), the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.

Hajj حاج Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حاج (see Haj).

Hajjar حجار Arabic
Means "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar) "stone, weight".

Hakeem حكيم Arabic
From the given name Hakim.

Hakimi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of" or derived from "Hakim".

Halabi حلبي Arabic
Means "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.

Halaby حلبي Arabic
Variant transcription of Halabi.

Halawa حلاوة‎ Arabic
Means "sweetness" in Arabic.

Haleem حليم Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Halim.

Halimi حليمي Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian
Derived from the given name Halim.

Hamad حمد Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamad.

Hamada حمادة‎‎ Arabic
From the given name Hamada.

Hamarneh حمارنة Arabic
Jordanian

Hamdan همدان‎ Arabic
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamdani حمداني Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamdaoui حمداوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Hamdi حمدي Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamdi.

Hamdy حمدي Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.

Hamed حامد Arabic
From the given name Hamed.

Hameed حميد Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamid حامد, حميد Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hamid 1 or Hamid 2.

Hamidi حميدي Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hammad حماد Arabic
Derived from the given name Hammad.

Hammadi حمادي Arabic
From the given name Hammad.

Hammami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hammam (see Hamam)... [more]

Hammoud حمود Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).

Hamoud حمود Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hamouda حمودة Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hamza حمزة Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.

Hamzaoui حمزاوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.

Hanae هناء Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana 1 or Hanaa.

Hanafi حنفي Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.

Haneef حنيف Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hanif.

Hani هانئ Arabic
Derived from the given name Hani.

Hanif حنيف Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hanif.

Hannachi حناشي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.

Hany هانئ Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hani.

Harb حرب Arabic
Means "war" in Arabic.

Haris حارث Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Harith.

Harith حارث Arabic
Derived from the given name Harith.

Haroon هارون Urdu, Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Harun.

Haroun هارون Arabic
Derived from the given name Harun.

Harun هارون Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Harun.

Hasan حسن Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Hasan.

Haseeb حسيب Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Hasib.

Hashem هاشم Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hashim.

Hashim هاشم Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hashim.

Hashimi هاشمي Arabic
From the given name Hashim, particularly denoting descent from the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.

Hashmi هاشمي Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hashimi.

Hasib حسيب Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hasib.

Hassan حسن Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Filipino, Tausug, Maranao, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Hassan.

Hassani حساني Persian, Arabic, Swahili
From the given name Hassan.

Hatam Arabic
From the given name Hatam.

Hatem حاتم Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.

Hatim حاتم Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.

Hawa حواء Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hawa.

Hawayek Arabic
Variant of Howayek.

Hayat حياة Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Turkish
From the given name Hayat.

Hayder حيدر Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.

Hayek حايك Arabic
Means "weaver" in Arabic.

Haytham هيثم Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.

Hegazy حجازي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Hijazi chiefly used in Egypt.

Heider هايدر Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Bengali, Arabic
From the given name Haidar.

Helal هلال Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Hilal.

Helan Arabic

Helmy حلمي Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Helmi.

Hemeida حميدة Arabic

Hesham هشام Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hisham.

Hicham هشام Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hicham.

Hichem Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hichem, a variant of Hisham; mainly found in Algeria.

Hidad حداد Arabic
In Arabic this means "black smith".

Hidayat هداية Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hidayat.

Hijazi حجازي Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the region of Hejaz in western Saudi Arabia.

Hikmat حكمة Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.

Hilal هلال Arabic
From the given name Hilal.

Hisham هشام Arabic
From the given name Hisham.

Hlimi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hoceimi Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Habitational name for someone originally from Al Hoceima, a town and province in Algeria.

Hopy Arabic (Egyptian)

Horse Arabic (?)

Hosni حسني Arabic
From the given name Husni.

Hosny حسني Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Hossam حسام Arabic
Derived from the given name Husam.

Husain حسين Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Husaini الحسيني Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Hausa
From the given name Husayn.

Husni حسني Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Hussaini حسيني Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Hussain.

Husseini الحسيني Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Hussien حسين Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.

Hyder حيدر Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.

Ibourk Arabic

Ibraheem ابراهيم Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahem ابراهيم Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahim إبراهيم Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahimi إبراهيمي Pashto, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.

Idrees إدريس Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Idris 1.

Idreis Arabic

Idrissi إدريسي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).

Iftikhar افتخار Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.

Ihsan إحسان Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.

Ikram إكرام Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.

Ilyas إلياس Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.

Imam إمام Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a Muslim leader.

Iman إيمان Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Iman.

Imran عمران Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Imran.

Imtiaz إمتياز Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Imtiyaz.

Iqbal إقبال Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Iqbal.

Irfan عرفان Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.

Isa عيسى‎ Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Isa 1.

Isam عصام Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.

Ishag إسحاق Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).

Ishak إسحاق Arabic
From the given name Ishak.

Ishaq إسحاق Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.

Iskandar إسكندر Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

Iskander إسكندر Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

Islam إسلام Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.

Islami إسلامي Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.

Ismaeel إسماعيل Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.

Ismael إسماعيل Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismail إسماعيل Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismaili إسماعيلي Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Ismat عصمة, عصمت Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.

Israr إسرار Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Israr.

Issa عيسى Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.

Ithan Arabic

Jaafar جعفر Arabic
Derived from the given name Jafar.

Jabar جبار Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jabbar.

Jabari جباري Arabic
From the given name Jabbar.

Jabbar جبار Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jabbar.

Jabbari جباري Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Jabari.

Jaber جابر Arabic
From the given name Jabir.

Jabeur جابر Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jabir.

Jabir جابر Arabic
From the given name Jabir.

Jabr جبر Arabic
From the given name Jabr

Jadallah جاد الله Arabic
Means "the generosity of Allah" in Arabic.

Jadan Arabic

Jadine Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jafar جعفر Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jafar

Jaffar جعفر Arabic
From the given name Jaffar

Jaffer جعفر Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jafar.

Jahlan Arabic

Jalal جلال Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Jalal.

Jaleel جليل Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Jalil.

Jalil جليل Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jalil

Jamal جمال Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Jamal.

Jamali جمالي Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi), Urdu
From the given name Jamal.

Jameel جميل Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Jamil.

Jamig Arabic

Jamil جميل Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Jamil.

Jammal Arabic

Jandali جندلي Arabic

Jaouad جواد Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad.

Jaouadi جوادي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad (chiefly Tunisian).

Jaouhari جوهري Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar) meaning "jewel, gem, essence" (chiefly Moroccan).

Jaradat جرادات Arabic
Means "locusts, grasshoppers" in Arabic.

Jawabreh Arabic

Jawad جواد Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jawad.

Jawdat جودت Arabic
Derived from the given name Jawdat.

Jaziri Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jelassi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Jlassi (chiefly Tunisian).

Jendoubi جندوبي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Jendouba, the name of a large city in northwestern Tunisia. The name itself is derived from Berber (Tamazight) jen meaning "market" and douba meaning "wheat".

Jialan Arabic

Jibril جبريل Arabic
From the given name Jibril.

Jilani جيلاني Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jilani.

Jiwani Arabic

Jkitou Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jlassi جلاصي Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the name of an Tamazight (Berber) tribal confederation in Tunisia; the name could be from Arabic إِخْلَاص (ʾiḵlāṣ) meaning "sincerity, devotion, loyalty" or of unknown Berber meaning.

Joubran جبران Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Jubran جبران Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Juma جمعة Swahili, Arabic
From the given name Juma.

Junaid جنيد Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Junayd.

Kabir كبير Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Kabir.

Kachiri Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)

Kaddara Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadet Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadi Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadir قادر, قدير Arabic
From the given name Qadir.

Kadri قادري Arabic
From the given name Qadir.

Kahwaji قهوجي Arabic
Arabized form of Turkish Kahveci (chiefly Lebanese).

Kalban Arabic

Kamal كمال Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kamel كمال Arabic
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kamil كامل Arabic
Derived from the given name Kamil 1.

Kandel قنديل Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

Kandil قنديل Arabic
Means "lamp, candle, lantern" in Arabic.

Kandil قنديل Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

Karam كرم Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.

Kareem كريم Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Karim.

Kashgari كاشغري Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kashif كاشف Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Kashif.

Kasim قاسم Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.

Kasmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.

Kassem قاسم Arabic
From the given name Kassem, a form of Qasim.

Kateb كاتب Arabic
From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) meaning "writer, scribe, clerk".

Kazim كاظم Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
From the given name Kazim.

Kenyou Arabic

Kenz Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kenza Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kenza.

Khader خضر Arabic
From the given name Khidr.

Khairy خيري Arabic
Derived from the given name Khayri.

Khalaf خلف Arabic
Means "successor, descendant" in Arabic.

Khaldi خالدي Arabic
From the given name Khalid.

Khaled خالد Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Khalid.

Khaleel خليل Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Khalil.

Khalid خالد Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Khalid.

Khalidi خالدي Arabic
From the given name Khalid.

Khalifa خليفة Arabic
From the given name Khalifa.

Khalil خليل Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Khalil.

Khalili خليلي Persian, Arabic
From the given name Khalil.

Khaliq خالق Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Khaliq.

Khamis خميس Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.

Khashoggi خاشقجي Arabic
Arabized form of the Turkish surname Kaşıkçı.

Khateeb خطيب Arabic, Urdu
Arabic alternate transcription of Khatib as well as the Urdu form.

Khatib خطيب Arabic
Means "speaker, orator" in Arabic. In Islam this is the name of the person who delivers sermons (khutbah) during Friday and Eid prayers.

Khelif خليف Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Khelifa خليفة Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Khelifa.

Khelil خليل Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Khalil.

Khouri خوري Arabic
Alternate transcription of Khoury.

Khoury خوري Arabic
Means "priest" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curia meaning "court". It is mostly used by Arabic-speaking Christians.

Kial Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kira Arabic (Egyptian)

Kissami قيسامي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "descendants of Qasim" in Arabic. This was the name of a Moroccan family descended from the Idrisid dynasty.

Knifati كنيفاتي Arabic
Means "Knafeh maker," given to pasty makers specializing in Knafeh, a filo-dough middle-eastern pastry typically filled with cheese and syrup.

Kojak Arabic

Kojok Arabic

Koko Arabic (Egyptian), Eastern African

Kotb Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطب (see Qutb) chiefly used in Egypt.

Kouri Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Khoury.

Krim كريم Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Karim.

Laayouni لعيوني Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Laayoune, the name of a city in the Western Sahara (chiefly Moroccan).

Labidi العبيدي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عابد (ʿābid) "worshiper, adorer, server" (chiefly Tunisian).

Lahlou لحلو Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw) meaning "sweet" or "nice, charming", chiefly used in Moroccan Arabic.

Lahmar لحمر, الأحمر Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the red (one)", derived from Arabic الأحمر (al-ʾaḥmar).

Lamae Arabic

Lamari العماري Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Amari.

Lamrani العمراني‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Amrani. A famous bearer is former Moroccan prime minister Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919-2018).

Lamrini لمريني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown; Possibly a variant of Lemrini.

Larine Arabic (Maghrebi)

Laroussi العروسي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Aroussi.

Lateef لطيف Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Latif.

Latif لطيف Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Latif.

Layla ليلى Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Layla.

Lazrak لزرق Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic الأزرق (al ʾazraq) meaning "the blue (one)", from أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) "blue". It is chiefly used for Moroccan Arabic.

Lehlou Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rarer variant of Lahlou.

Lemrini مريني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Merini.

Loghmari Arabic (Maghrebi)