Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage Arabic (Maghrebi) Scripts بومدين(Arabic) Other Forms FormsBoumédiène Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 3/15/2017 by highexpectasians Edited 4/11/2018 by Infinitas Meaning & History Means "father of Midian" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian). A notable bearer was Houari Boumediene (1932-1978), born as Mohamed ben Brahim Boukharouba, an Algerian revolutionary who served as the second President of Algeria from 1976-1978.