Balochi
names are used by the Baloch people in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan.
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CHANDIO Pakistani, Sindhi, BalochiFrom the given name
Chand, referring to a past ancestor of Kurdish-Balochi origin. This is the name of a Sindhi and Balochi tribe in Pakistan.
KHAN Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Kashmiri, Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim)Derived from the Turkic military title
khan, which is ultimately from Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
(qaɣan) meaning "king, emperor, sovereign".
QURESHI Sindhi, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Indian (Muslim)Derived from Arabic قُرَيْش
(Qurayš), which refers to an ancient Bedouin tribe of the Arabian peninsula that the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad was a member of. The name itself is derived from Arabic قَرَشَ
(qaraša) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".
SADOZAI Pashto, BalochiMeans "son of
Sado" in Pashto. The Sadozai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the
Popalzai mainly inhabiting Pakistan as well as a Baloch tribe living by the Gulf of Oman in Iran. They claim to be the descendants of Sado Khan (1558-1621), a 17th-century Pashtun chief.