Type Surname (from location)
Usage Arabic
Scripts الرميثي(Arabic)
Other Forms Formsal-Romaithi, al-Rumaitha, al-Rumaithy, al-Rumeitha, al-Rumeiti, al-Rumaiti, al-Rumaita, al-Rumaithe, al-Remeithi, al-Remithi, Rumaithi, Romaithi, Rumaitha, Rumaita, Romaithy, Romaita, Rumaiti, Rhomaita
Meaning & History
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Al-Rumaitha in Iraq, or the Rumaithiya area in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The place names are derived from either the Arabic words الرمث (al-ramth) or حافة (rimth), both the names of a type of flowering plant (genus Haloxylon), called saxaul in English. This surname is found predominantly in the United Arab Emirates.