Arabic Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the language is Arabic.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Emam Arabic
Derived from the given name Imam.
Emran Bengali, Arabic
Derived from the given name Imran.
Esam Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.
Esmael Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao
From the given name Ismail.
Essa Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
Essam Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name 'Isam.
Ezzat Arabic
Derived from the given name Izzat.
Fadel Arabic
From the given name Fadil.
Faden Arabic
Originally denoted someone from the city of Padang in Indonesia.
Fadil Arabic
From the given name Fadil.
Fadili Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Fadil.
Fadl Arabic
From the given name Fadl.
Fahad Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Fahad.
Fahd Arabic
Derived from the given name Fahd.
Fahed Arabic
Derived from the given name Fahd.
Faheem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Fahim.
Fahim Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Fahim.
Fahmi Arabic
Derived from the given name Fahmi.
Fahmy Arabic
Derived from the given name Fahmi.
Faisal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Faysal.
Faiz Arabic
From the given name Faiz.
Faizan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Faizan.
Fakhouri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Fakhoury.
Fakhoury Arabic
From Arabic فَخُور (faḵūr) meaning "proud".
Fakhri Arabic
From the given name Fakhri.
Fakhry Arabic
Means "honourary" in Arabic.
Fakir Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Faqir.
Falemban Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic فلمبان (see Felemban).
Falimban Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic فلمبان (see Felemban).
Faqir Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Faqir.
Farag Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Faraj chiefly used in Egypt.
Farah Arabic
From the given name Farah.
Faraj Arabic
From the given name Faraj.
Fareed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Farid.
Fares Arabic
Variant of Faris used in Egypt and the Maghreb.
Farhan Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Farhan.
Farhat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Farhat.
Farhat Arabic
Derived from the given name Farhat.
Farid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Farid.
Faridi Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Farid.
Faris Arabic
From the given name Faris.
Farkhani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone from the town of Farkhana in Morocco.
Farook Arabic
Derived from the given name Faruq.
Farooq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Faruq.
Farouk Arabic
From the given name Faruq.
Farouq Arabic
Derived from the given name Faruq.
Farrag Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Farraj chiefly used in Egypt.
Farrah Arabic
From the given name Farah
Faruk Bengali, Arabic
From the given name Faruq.
Faruq Arabic
From the given name Faruq.
Fathi Arabic, Persian
From the given name Fathi.
Fathy Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Fathi.
Fatima Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Fatimah.
Fattah Arabic
Derived from the given name Fattah.
Fawaz Arabic
Derived from the given name Fawaz.
Fawzi Arabic
From the given name Fawzi
Fawzy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Fawzi chiefly used in Egypt.
Fayadh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الفياض (see (al-Fayadh).
Fayaz Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Fayaz.
Fayez Arabic
Derived from the given name Faiz.
Faysal Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Faysal.
Fayyaz Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Fayaz.
Fazal Arabic
In Islam Imam Hussain's brother (Abbas) was named Fazal, however he was not his biological brother. Imam Hasan was his biological brother. Fazal was rather referred to as Abbas, in his life (c. 566 – c. 653 CE) he was referred to as Abbas and is also referred to today as Abbas
Fazl Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Fadl.
Fekry Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Fikri.
Felemban Arabic
From the name of the city of Palembang in Indonesia, originally denoting someone who came from that city.
Fergani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the name of the village of Ifergan in Morocco, derived from Tamazight afrag meaning "enclosed place, cloister".
Ferhat Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Farhat.
Ferhati Albanian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Ferhat.
Feronz Arabic
Variant of Feroz.
Filemban Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic فلمبان (see Felemban).
Fouad Arabic
From the given name Fuad.
Frangieh Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means "occidental" in Arabic, denoting someone who came from the western world. Famous bearers of this name include the Frangieh family of Lebanese Maronite politicians, notably the fifth president Suleiman Frangieh (1910-1992)... [more]
Franjieh Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic فرنجية (see Frangieh).
Fuad Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Fuad.
Furqan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Furqan.
Gabr Arabic
From the given name Jabr.
Gaddafi 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.
Galal Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Jalal.
Gamal Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Jamal.
Gamlouche Arabic (Mashriqi)
Meaning unknown. It is found mostly in Lebanon and Kuwait.
Gasmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Qasim.
Gemayel Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given names Jamal or Jamil. This surname is borne by members of a Lebanese Maronite Christian political family, notably the assassinated president-elect and militia commander Bachir Gemayel (1947-1982).
Ghaffar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghaffar.
Ghafoor Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghafur.
Ghaith Arabic
From the given name Ghayth
Ghaleb Arabic
From the given name Ghalib.
Ghali Arabic
From the given name Ghali.
Ghanem Arabic
Derived from the given name Ghanim.
Ghanim 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 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).
Ghareeb Arabic
From the given name Gharib.
Gharib Arabic
From the given name Gharib.
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]
Ghazi Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghazi.
Ghobrial Arabic, Coptic
Derived from the given name Gabriel, used by Coptic Christians in Egypt and Sudan.
Ghobriel Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic غبريال (see Ghobrial), found predominantly in Lebanon.
Gholam Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Gholam.
Ghulam Arabic, Pashto, Urdu
From the given name Ghulam.
Gilani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Originally indicated a person from the Gilan province in Iran, or the Gelani tribe mentioned in ancient records.
Gillani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Alternate transcription of Arabic جيلاني or Persian, Urdu گیلانی (see Gilani).
Gobara 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 Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Juma.
Haamid Arabic
From the first name Haamid, meaning "praiser".
Habash Arabic
Derived from Arabic حبش (ḥabash) meaning "Abyssinian", originally indicating a person who came from Abyssinia, a historical region that is nowadays split between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This surname is more common among Muslims and Christians in the Arab world... [more]
Habeeb Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Habib.
Habib Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Habib.
Habibi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Habib.
Hachem Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hachem.
Hachemi 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 Arabic, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Arabic حداد (see Haddad), also used by Jews.
Haddad Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic.
Haddadin Arabic
From a diminutive of Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".
Hadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Hadi.
Hadia Arabic
From the given name Hadia.
Hadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).
Hadjadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حجاج (hajjaj) meaning "arguer, one who argues" or "pilgrim".
Hafeez Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hafiz.
Hafez Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.
Hafidi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hafiz.
Haidar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Haidar.
Haider Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Haider.
Haitham Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.
Haj 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 Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حاج (see Haj).
Hajjar Arabic
Means "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar) "stone, weight".
Hakeem Arabic
From the given name Hakim.
Hala Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Halabi Arabic
Means "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.
Halaby Arabic
Variant transcription of Halabi.
Halawa Arabic
Means "sweetness" in Arabic.
Haleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Halim.
Halimi Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian
Derived from the given name Halim.
Hamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamad.
Hamada Arabic
From the given name Hamada.
Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian
Hamdan Arabic
From the given name Hamdan.
Hamdani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamdan.
Hamdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid 1" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).
Hamdi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamdi.
Hamdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.
Hamed Arabic
From the given name Hamed.
Hameed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hamid 1.
Hamid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hamid 1 or Hamid 2.
Hamidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.
Hammad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hammad.
Hammadi Arabic
From the given name Hammad.
Hammami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hammam (see Hamam). A bearer is Hamma Hammami (1952–), a Tunisian communist speaker... [more]
Hammoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).
Hamoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hamouda Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hamza Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.
Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.
Hamzi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamza.
Hanae Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana 1 or Hanaa.
Hanafi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.
Hanafy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنفي (see Hanafi) chiefly used in Egypt.
Haneef Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hanif.
Hani Arabic
Derived from the given name Hani.
Hanif Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hanif.
Hannachi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.
Hanoun Arabic
Derived from Arabic حنون (hanun) meaning "loving, fond, affectionate" or "merciful, compassionate".
Hany Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hani.
Harb Arabic
Means "war" in Arabic.
Haris Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Harith.
Harith Arabic
Derived from the given name Harith.
Haroon Urdu, Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Harun.
Haroun Arabic
Derived from the given name Harun.
Harun Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Harun.
Hasan Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Hasan.
Haseeb Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Hasib.
Hashem Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hashim.
Hashim Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hashim.
Hashimi Arabic
From the given name Hashim, particularly denoting descent from the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.
Hashmi Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hashimi.
Hasib Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hasib.
Hassani Persian, Arabic, Swahili
From the given name Hassan.
Hassen Arabic
From the given name Hassen.
Hatam Arabic
From the given name Hatam.
Hatem Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.
Hatim Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.
Hawa Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hawa.
Hayat Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Turkish
From the given name Hayat.
Haydar Arabic
From the given name Haidar.
Hayder Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.
Hayek Arabic
Means "weaver" in Arabic.
Haytham Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.
Hazboun Arabic
From the name of the ancient Biblical town of Heshbon located in present-day Jordan.
Hegazi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.
Hegazy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.
Helal Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Hilal.
Helmi Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.
Helmy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Helmi.
Hesham Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hisham.
Hicham Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hicham.
Hichem Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hichem, a variant of Hisham; mainly found in Algeria.
Hidad Arabic
In Arabic this means "black smith".
Hidayat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hidayat.
Hijazi Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
Hikmat Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.
Hilal Arabic
From the given name Hilal.
Hilmi Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.
Hisham Arabic
From the given name Hisham.
Hishmeh Arabic
From Arabic حشمة (hishmah) meaning "modesty, decency".
Hoceimi Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Habitational name for someone originally from Al Hoceima, a town and province in Algeria.
Hosni Arabic
From the given name Husni.
Hosny Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.
Hossam Arabic
Derived from the given name Husam.
Husain Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.
Husaini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Hausa
From the given name Husayn.
Husni Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.
Hussaini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Hussain.
Husseini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.
Hussien Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.
Hyder Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.
Iaïche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Iaiche based on French orthography.
Iaiche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).
Ibraheem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.
Ibrahem Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.
Ibrahimi Pashto, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.
Idrees Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Idris 1.
Idris Arabic
From the given name Idris 1.
Idrissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).
Iftikhar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.
Ihsan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.
Ikram Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.
Ilyas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.
Imam Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a Muslim leader.
Iman Arabic
From the given name İman.
Imran Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Imran.
Imtiaz Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Imtiyaz.
Iqbal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Iqbal.
Irfan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.
Isa Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Isa 1.
Isam Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.
Ishag Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).
Ishak Arabic
From the given name Ishak.
Ishaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.
Iskandar Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.
Iskander Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.
Islam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.
Islami Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.
Ismaeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.
Ismael Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.
Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.
Ismat Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.
Israr Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Israr.
Issa Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
Jaafar Arabic
Derived from the given name Jafar.
Jabar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jabbar.
Jabari Arabic
From the given name Jabbar.
Jabbar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jabbar.
Jabbari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Jabari.
Jaber Arabic
From the given name Jabir.
Jabeur Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jabir.
Jabir Arabic
From the given name Jabir.
Jabr Arabic
From the given name Jabr
Jadallah Arabic
Means "the generosity of Allah" in Arabic.