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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Arabic (Mashriqi)
Scripts لحود(Arabic) ܠܚܽܘܕ(Syriac)
Other Forms FormsLahood, LaHood, Lahhoud, al-Lahoud, Lahout, Lahoot, Lahod, Lahud
Meaning & History
Means either "one who stands alone" or "one and only" in Aramaic, given in reference to Jesus Christ. This is the surname of a Lebanese Christian family prominent in Maronite politics. One of the family members, Émile Lahoud (1936-), became the eleventh President of Lebanon.