Arabic Submitted Surnames

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Makram Arabic
Derived from the given name Makram.

Malaeb Arabic
Lebanese Druze name possibly derived from Arabic مَلْعَب (malʿab) meaning "scene, theatre, sport".

Malak Arabic
Derived from the given name Malak.

Malek Arabic, Persian
From the given name Malek.

Malik Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Malik 1.

Malkawi Arabic (Arabized)
The surname 'Malkawi' deprives from the town of Malka, a small village in Jordan bordering Syria.

Malki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Malik 1.

Mallem Arabic (Maghrebi)
MALLEM ... [more]

Mamdouh Arabic
From the given name Mamduh.

Mamoun Arabic
Derived from the given name Mamun.

Mamri Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)

Mamun Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mamun.

Mansoor Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Mansur.

Mansor Arabic
Derived from the given name Mansur.

Mansour Arabic
From the given name Mansur.

Mansour Arabic (Egyptian)
Originally referred to someone from the city of Mansoura (المنصورة‎) in Egypt.

Mansouri Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mansur.

Mansur Arabic
From the given name Mansur.

Maqbool Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Maqbul.

Maqsood Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Maqsud.

Mariam Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Somali, Amharic
From the given name Maryam.

Marih Arabic (Maghrebi)

Marji Arabic
From Arabic مرج (marj) meaning "meadow".

Marnissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown.

Maroof Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Maruf.

Maroon Arabic (Americanized)
Americanized form of Maroun.

Marouani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marwan.

Marouf Arabic
From the given name Maruf.

Maroufi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marouf.

Maroun Arabic
Derived from the given name Marun.

Marrakchi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Marrakesh in Morocco.

Maruf Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Maruf.

Marzouk Arabic
From the given name Marzouq.

Marzouki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marzouq (chiefly Tunisian and Moroccan). A notable bearer is Moncef Marzouki (1945-), who was the fourth President of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.

Marzouq Arabic
From the given name Marzouq.

Masood Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mas'ud

Masoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Mas'ud.

Masri Arabic
Means "Egyptian (person)" in Arabic.

Masry Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Masri.

Massad Arabic
From a dialectal variant of the given name Mus'ad.

Massoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Mas'ud.

Mastour Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مسْتُور (mastur) meaning "hidden, covered".

Masud Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Mas'ud.

Matalka Arabic (Mashriqi)
Jordanian surname of uncertain meaning.

Mateen Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Matin.

Matin Arabic, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Matin.

Max Arabic (Egyptian)

Mazigh Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Derived from Arabic أَمَازِيغ (ʾamāzīḡ) the Arabic designation for the Berber (Amazigh) people of North Africa. The word itself is ultimately of Tamazight origin, from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (Amaziɣ) of disputed meaning; in modern Central Atlas Tamazight, it means “free-man”.

Mazini Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مَزِين (mazīn) meaning “decorated, adorned” or مازن (mazin) meaning “rain cloud” (see Mazin; chiefly Moroccan).

Mazraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mebarak Arabic (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arabic Mubarak.

Mebarki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mebarek.

Medhat Arabic
Derived from the given name Midhat.

Medíc Arabic

Medjmedj Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mehdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mehdi.

Mehdi Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mehdi.

Mehdioui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mehdi.

Mehideb Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mekky Arabic (Egyptian)
Refers to the city of Mecca or Makka (مكة) in Saudi Arabia, considered the most holy city in Islam.

Merabet Arabic (Maghrebi)
Mainly found in Algeria.

Mernissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly a variant of Marnissi. A famous bearer was Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist Fatima Mernissi (1940-2015).

Merzouk Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Marzuq.

Mesaylah f Arabic

Mesbah Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ) meaning "lamp, light, luminary".

Messai Arabic

Messaoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mas'ud.

Messit Arabic

Metwalli Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic متولي (see Metwally).

Metwally Arabic (Egyptian)
From Arabic متولي (mutawalli) meaning "responsible, entrusted with, charged with", ultimately from the word تَوَلَّى (tawalla) meaning "to take charge of, to take control of".

Metwaly Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic متولي (see Metwally).

Meziani Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Variant of Meziane.

Mikha'il Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Mikha'il.

Mimoun Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Mimoun.

Mimoune Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Mimoun.

Mimouni Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Mimoun.

Miraj Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Miraj.

Mirghani Northern African, Arabic
Sudanese name of unknown Arabic meaning.

Mishal Arabic
From the given name Mishal.

Misleh Arabic
Variation of Musleh. Means "peacemaker" or "social reformer" in Arabic.

Missouni Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mobarak Arabic
From the given name Mubarak.

Mohamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Mohamad.

Mohamed Arabic, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Muhammad.

Mohammedi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mohammed (chiefly Algerian).

Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المهندي (see al-Mohannadi).

Mohsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.

Mokhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Mokhtari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mokhtar.

Mokonin Russian, Arabic (Mashriqi)

Mokrani Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Either from the given name Mokrane or derived from El Mokrani, a town in Algeria.

Moneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monir Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Derived from the given name Munir.

Montaser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

Montasser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

Moosa Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Morad Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Morad.

Morad Arabic (Egyptian)

Morceli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مُرْسِل (mursil) meaning "sender, dispatcher" or "sent, transmitted" from أَرْسَلَ (ʾarsala) "to send, to dispatch".

Morrocco Arabic

Morshed Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Morshed.

Mosa Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mosaad Arabic (Egyptian)

Mostefaï Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).

Mostefaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Mustafa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).

Moujahid Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid) meaning "one who is labouring, one who is in distress", also used to refer to a member of a liberation army in Muslim countries (chiefly Moroccan).

Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujtaba).

Moujteba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujteba).

Moula Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mouloud Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mouloudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mounayar Arabic

Mounir Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Munir.

Mourad Arabic
From the given name Murad.

Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.

Moussa Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Moussaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Moussi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Musa.

Moustabchir Arabic (Maghrebi)

Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.

Mubarak Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian)
From Arabic مُبَارَك (mubārak) meaning "lucky, blessed".

Mufleh Arabic
From the given name Mufleh.

Muhamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhamad.

Muhamed Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

Muhammado Arabic (Japanized, Rare)
Japanized form of Muhammad, written 無半麻土.

Muhammed Arabic
From the given name Muhammad.

Muhsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin

Muhsin Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Muhsin

Mujahid Arabic
From the given name Mujahid.

Mujtaba Arabic
From the given name Mujtaba.

Mukhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Mumin Arabic
Derived from the given name Mumin.

Mumy Arabic (Egyptian)

Munawar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Munawar.

Muneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Munir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Muntasser Arabic (Maghrebi)

Murad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Murad.

Muran Arabic

Murtaza Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Murtada.

Musa Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Musa.

Musalam Arabic
Alternate transcription of Musallam.

Musallam Arabic
From the given name Musallam.

Muscat Arabic
Refers to the capital city of Oman named "Muscat".

Mushtaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mushtaq.

Musleh Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim Arabic
From the given name Muslim.

Mustapha Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
From the given name Mustafa.

Muzaffar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Muzaffar.

Muzaffari Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المظفري (see al-Muzaffari).

Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.

Nabi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Nabi.

Nabil Arabic
From the given name Nabil.

Naciri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nacir (see Nasir), predominantly used in Morocco.

Nacrour Arabic
The name of a family of Lebanese goldsmiths descended from the Ottoman Prince Hanna, the name itself refers to the actual sound the hammer makes as it hits the gold. This is the French spelling but the original Arabic spelling is äÞÑæÑ ; other spellings in the Latin alphabet include Nakrour and Nacrur.

Nadeem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nader Arabic
From the given name Nadir.

Nadim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.

Nadir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.

Naeem Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Na'im.

Nagib Arabic
Derived from the given name Najib.

Naguib Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Najib. Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) was the first president of Egypt.

Nagy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Naaji chiefly used in Egypt.

Nahar Arabic
Means “river” or “canal”. It is likely that individuals with this last name come from a family with a history or connection to water or irrigation systems.

Naifeh Arabic
From a personal name based on Arabic nāfi meaning‘beneficial’, ‘profitable’.This surname is commonly found in America than Arabic speaking countries.

Naim Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Na'im.

Naimi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Na'im.

Najada Arabic
Najd, location in KSA

Najeeb Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Najib.

Naji Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Naaji.

Naji Arabic

Najwa Arabic

Namur Arabic, Maltese
Derived from Arabic نمر, نامور (namur) meaning "tiger". It is typical of Malta.

Naqqache Arabic (Mashriqi)
Occupational name meaning "engraver, carver" in Arabic. It is usually found in Lebanon. A famous bearer was the Lebanese president and prime minister Alfred Naqqache (1888-1978), also called Alfred Naccache.

Naseeb Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Nasib.

Naseem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Naseer Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nasir.

Naser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nasib Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasib.

Nasim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Nasim.

Nasir Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Nasir.

Naslen m Arabic
Naslen is an Arabic male name. It came from India. this means "good", "really", "heart". A notable bearer is the Indian actor Naslen born in (2000)

Nasr Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasr.

Nasrallah Arabic
From the given name Nasrullah.

Nasri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nasr.

Nassar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناصر, نصير (see Nasser).

Nasser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassim Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Nassir Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassiri Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nasir.

Nassry Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Nasri.

Nathar Arabic

Naveed Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navid Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Nayli Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nazar Arabic, Muslim, Jewish, Iranian, Persian, Basque, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian (Americanized)
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abdol, Ahamed, Ali, Behzad, Bijan, Davoud, Massoud, Muhammad, Naved, Nuri, Saeid, Sheikh.... [more]

Nazem Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Nazih Arabic
Derived from the given name Nazih.

Nazim Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nazim.

Nazir Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi
From the given name Nazir 1.

Nazzal Arabic
Means "fight, combat, battle" in Arabic.

Nedjai Arabic (Maghrebi)

Negm Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Najm.

Nejjar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجار (see Najjar) chiefly used in Morocco.

Nemour Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nesheiwat Arabic
From the name of clan founder Abu Nushaywah, derived from a diminutive of Arabic نشوة (nashwah) meaning "happiness, elation".

Niena Arabic (Egyptian)

Nimr Arabic
Means "leopard" or "tiger" in Arabic.

Nini Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nishat Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nishat.

Nizam Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Nizam.

Noer Arabic, Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Nur based on Dutch orthography.

Nofal Arabic
From the given name Nawfal.

Noh Arabic
From the given name Nuh.

Noor Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
Variant transcription of Nur.

Noori Persian, Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Noor 1.

Noorsaeed Arabic

Nor Arabic, Maranao, Malay, Indonesian
From the given name Nor 1.

Norah Arabic
Derived from Arabic, or sometime in Christian history this name was used for a woman who symbolizes someone who is creative and intuitive.

Nouioua Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nour Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Nur.

Noureddine Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Noureddine.

Nouri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nur.

Nur Arabic, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Nur.

Nussrallah Arabic
Nasrallah (Arabic: نصرالله‎) is a male Arabic given name, meaning "Victory of God", and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah and Al-Nasrallah... [more]

Nuur Arabic, Somali
From the given name Nuur.

Obaid Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.

Obbadi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Obeid Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.

Obeidat Arabic
From Arabic عبيد ('ubayd), a diminutive of عبد ('abd) meaning "servant, slave".

Oda Arabic
Means "Several" in Arabic

Odeh Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from Arabic عودة ('awdah) meaning "return". This surname is primarily found in the Levant.

Olajuwon Arabic

Oman Arabic, English
From the place Oman.

Omar Arabic, Somali (Arabized), Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao, Tausug
From the given name Umar.

Omer Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Umar.

Omran Arabic
Derived from the given name Umran.

Osak Arabic

Osama Arabic
Derived from the given name Usama.

Osha Arabic (Egyptian)

Osman Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Uthman.

Othman Arabic
From the given name Uthman.

Ouabdesselam Berber, Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of peace, man of peace" from Maghrebi prefix وواب` (ouab) (Arabic: أبو (abu)) (In North African dialects, abu is often rendered as ouab or oua in Latin script) meaning "father of" combined with ديسسيلام (desselam) (Corresponds to السلام (as-salām)) meaning "peace".

Ouadi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouahab Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Wahab.

Ouahabi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ouahab.

Ouali Arabic (Maghrebi)

Oualid Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Oualid.

Ouardi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic وردي (wardiyy) meaning "floral, rosaceous".

Ouazzani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Denotes someone originally from Ouazzane, a town in northern Morocco.

Oubaali Arabic (Maghrebi)

Oubraym Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouda Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Mashriqi)
Arabic word and surname meaning “return.”

Ouechtati Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouertani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Found mainly in Tunisia.

Oueslati Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone from the village of Oueslatia in northern Tunisia.

Ouldkouider Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouriaghli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the Rifian tribe of Ait Wayagher.

Qadeer Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Qadir.

Qader Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Qadir.

Qadri Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Qadir.

Qandil Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "lamp, candle" in Arabic.

Qarada Arabic

Qattan Arabic
Means "cotton merchant" in Arabic, derived from the word قطن (qutn) meaning "cotton".

Qurashi Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Qureshi.

Qureshi Arabic, Urdu
Denotes a member of the Quraysh, a mercantile Arab tribe that the Prophet Muhammad belonged to, itself is derived from Arabic قرش (qarasha) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".

Qutb Arabic
Means "pole" in Arabic.

Rabea Arabic
From the given name Rabi 1.

Rabee Arabic (Egyptian)

Rabek Arabic
Rabik (Rabek,Rabbek); "Lord" ... [more]

Rabie Arabic
Derived from the given name Rabi 1.

Rachedi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Rashid; this spelling is chiefly used in Algerian Arabic.

Rachid Arabic
From the given name Rashid.

Radak Arabic (Egyptian), South Slavic

Rade Arabic
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Radi Arabic
Derived from the given name Radi.

Radjai Arabic

Radwan Arabic
Variant of Ridwan.