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.
Regragui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning; predominantly found in Morocco.
Remtulla Indian, Arabic
Unknown meaning.
Rezgui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِزْق (rizq) meaning "livelihood, subsistence, daily bread" (chiefly Tunisian).
Riad Arabic
From the given name Riad.
Riahi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِيَاح (riyāḥ) meaning "winds, breezes", the plural of رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind".
Riaz Arabic
From the given name Riad.
Rifai Arabic
Elevation of all, honor and Glory... [more]
Rifat Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Rifat.
Riyad Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Riad.
Riza Arabic
From the given name Ridha.
Rizwan Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Ridwan.
Romany Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian cognate of Romani.
Roshdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.
Rushdi Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.
Rushdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.
Saadaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Sa'd" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).
Saadoune Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "help", "luck" and "support".
Saba Arabic
From the given name Saba or Sabah.
Sabagh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صباغ (see Sabbagh).
Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.
Sabbagh Arabic
Means "dyer" in Arabic.
Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.
Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.
Sabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.
Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.
Sadek Arabic
From the given name Sadiq.
Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.
Sadi Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'di.
Sadik Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sadiq.
Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.
Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Said.
Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.
Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.
Safwan Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwan.
Safwat Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwat.
Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar
Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.
Saharaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see Sahraoui)... [more]
Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.
Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".
Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".
Said Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.
Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.
Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.
Saïed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sa'id, influenced by French orthography and chiefly used in Tunisia.
Saied Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'id.
Saif Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Saif.
Saifullah Arabic
From the given name Saifullah.
Sajid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sajid.
Sajjad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sajjad.
Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)
An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.
Salahuddin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Salah al-Din.
Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.
Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.
Salamah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.
Salameh Arabic
Derived from Arabic سلامة (salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام (salam) meaning "peace".
Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.
Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.
Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".
Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]
Salih Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Salih.
Salimi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Salim.
Sallam Arabic
Derived from the given name Salam.
Salman Arabic, Urdu, Turkish
From the given name Salman.
Salmanual m Arabic
It is also called Protected or Peaceful. which is another form of the Arabic name 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯
Samad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Samad.
Samadi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Samad.
Samaha Arabic
Derived from Arabic سَمْح (samḥ) meaning "magnanimous, generous".
Sameer Arabic, Dhivehi, Urdu
From the given name Samir 1.
Sameh Arabic
Derived from the given name Samih.
Samer Arabic
From the given name Samer.
Sami Arabic
Derived from the given name Sami 2.
Samih Arabic
From the given name Samih.
Samir Arabic
From the given name Samir 1.
Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.
Samreen Arabic, Indian, Urdu
From the given name Samrin.
Samy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Sami 2.
Sani Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sani 1.
Saoud Arabic
From the given name Saoud.
Saqib Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Saqib.
Sarsour Arabic
Means "cockroach" or "roach" in Arabic.
Sattar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Sattar.
Sayed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sayyid.
Sayegh Arabic
Means "goldsmith" in Arabic.
Sayyid Arabic
From an honorific title meaning "master, lord" in Arabic, used as a surname by descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
Seddik Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend".
Seddiki Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi cognate of Siddiqui (chiefly Algerian).
Seif Arabic, Persian
From the given name Saif.
Selim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Salim.
Serhan Arabic
From the given name Sirhan.
Shaaban Arabic
Derived from the given name Shaban.
Shaar Arabic
Variant of Al-shair. Borne by both Muslims and Christians.
Shaban Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Shaban.
Shad Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Shad 1.
Shadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Shadi 1.
Shady Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Shadi 1.
Shafeeq Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Shafiq.
Shafi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Shafi.
Shafik Arabic
Derived from the given name Shafiq.
Shafiq Arabic
From the given name Shafiq
Shahed Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Shahid.
Shaheed Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Shahid.
Shaheen Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Shahin.
Shahid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shahid.
Shahin Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Shahin.
Shakeel Arabic
From the given name Shakil.
Shaker Arabic
From the given name Shakir.
Shakil Arabic
From the given name Shakil.
Shakir Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Shakir.
Shakoor Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shakur.
Shakshuki Arabic (Maghrebi)
Most likely from Libyan Arabic شَكْشُوكَةٌ (šakšawka) meaning “a mixture”, referring to a type of North African dish made of vegetables and fried eggs.
Shalabi Arabic
Means "elegant, stylish, handsome" in Arabic.
Shalaby Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic شلبي (see Shalabi).
Shaladi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning (chiefly Libyan).
Shalhoub Arabic
Possibly from a given name based on a word meaning "generous".
Shami Arabic
Means "Syrian" or "Damascene", derived from Arabic الشام (ash-Sham) referring to both Syria and the Syrian city of Damascus.
Shamoun Arabic, Assyrian, Jewish
Derived from the given name شامون (Shamʿūn), itself an Arabic form of Simon 1, used mainly among Christians and Jews... [more]
Shams Arabic, Persian, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Shams.
Shareef Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Sharif.
Sharif Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Sharif.
Sharqawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "easterner, one from the east", derived from Arabic شرق (sharq) meaning "east, Orient".
Shawkat Arabic
From the given name Shawkat.
Shawki Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.
Shawky Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.
Shawqi Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.
Shebani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the name of an Arab tribe which is derived from Arabic شيب (šīb) meaning "white hair, grayness" or "cold, snow". This surname is chiefly used in Libya.
Shehab Arabic
From the given name Shihab.
Shehadeh Arabic
Derived from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda) meaning "testimony, witness, belief (in Islam)".
Shehata Arabic
Derived from Arabic شحات (shahhat) meaning "beggar".
Sheik Arabic, Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic شيخ or Bengali শেখ (see Sheikh).
Sheikh Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head". It is used to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.
Sherif Arabic
From the given name Sharif.
Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.
Shihab Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Shihab.
Shishani Chechen (Expatriate), Arabic
Means "Chechen" in Arabic. This name is primarily used by Chechens living in the Arab world.
Shoaib Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shoaib.
Shokry Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Shukri.
Shroff Indian, Hindi, Gujarati, Arabic, Urdu, Indian (Parsi)
Originally an occupational name for a cashier, money changer or banker, derived from Gujarati સરાફ (saraf) meaning "bullion merchant", itself ultimately derived from Arabic صراف (sarraf) meaning "teller".
Shtayyeh Arabic
Meaning unknown.
Shuaib Arabic
From the given name Shuaib.
Shukri Arabic
From the given name Shukri.
Siddig Northern African, Arabic
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" (chiefly Sudanese).
Siddiq Arabic, Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Bengali
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣiddīq) meaning "truthful, veracious".
Siddiqui Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From Arabic صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious". It was traditionally used as an honorific title or a nickname for a trustworthy person.
Sina Arabic (Egyptian), Albanian
Derived from the given name Husain.
Sinan Arabic, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Sinan.
Siraj Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Siraj.
Sirhan Arabic
From the given name Sirhan.
Slimani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sulayman.
Slimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Slim.
Sobhi Arabic
Derived from the given name Subhi.
Sobhy Arabic
Derived from the given name Subhi.
Sofian Arabic
It is an old and rare Arabic name and its rapid meaning is to walk, fly or float. Among the famous people who were called by this name is the companion Abu Sufyan bin Harb, the father of Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan
Sofian Arabic
Derived from the given name Sufyan.
Sofiane Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sufyan.
Solaiman Arabic, Bengali, Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
Derived from the given name Sulayman.
Soleman Arabic
Derived from the given name Sulayman.
Soliman Arabic, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Sulayman. Its usage in the Philippines comes from the Spanish form of the name, Solimán.
Soliman Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Sulayman.
Soudani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "Sudanese (referring to a person from Sudan)", derived from Arabic سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy).
Souiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
Originally denoted a person who came from the Moroccan port city of Essaouira.
Stambouli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from Istanbul, Turkey.
Subhan Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Derived from the given name Subhan.
Sudan Arabic, Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Sudan or who had traded with Sudan. The name of the country is ultimately derived from Arabic سُود (sud) meaning "black", referring to the darker skin of the inhabitants.
Sufian Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Sufyan.
Suhail Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Suhail.
Sulaiman Arabic, Maguindanao, Urdu
From the given name Sulayman.
Sulayman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Suleiman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Suleman Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Suleman Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sulayman.
Sulieman Arabic
Derived from the given name Sulayman.
Suliman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Tabassum Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Tabassum.
Tadros Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Arabic form of Theodore, chiefly used by Copts.
Taha Arabic
From the given name Taha.
Tahar Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tahar.
Taher Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Tahir.
Tahir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Tahir.
Tahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tahar.
Tahseen Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Tahsin.
Tahsin Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Tahsin.
Taib Arabic
From the given name Taib.
Taïeb Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Taïeb.
Taj Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian
Derived from the given name Taj.
Talaat Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Tal'at.
Talal Arabic
From the given name Talal.
Talat Arabic
Derived from the given name Tal'at.
Talbi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talib.
Taleb Arabic
From the given name Talib.
Talha Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Talha.
Talhaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talha (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Talib Arabic
From the given name Talib.
Tamer Arabic
Derived from the given name Tamir.
Tamim Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Tamim.
Tamimi Arabic
From the given name Tamim.
Tammam Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Tammam.
Tannous Arabic
Derived from the given name Tannous, an Arabic form of Anthony.
Tantawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Egyptian Arabic طنطاوى or Arabic طنطاوي (see Tantawy).
Tantawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Indicated a person from the Egyptian city of Tanta, possibly of Coptic origin.
Taoufik Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tawfiq.
Taouil Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic طويل (see Tawil) chiefly used in North Africa.
Tarabay Arabic
History of this surname is unknown. A famous bearer with this last name is Nick E. Tarabay, a Lebanese-American actor.
Tarek Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.
Tareq Bengali, Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.
Targuisti Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.
Tarik Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.
Tariq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Tariq.
Tawfik Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tawfiq.
Tawil Arabic
Means "tall" in Arabic.
Tayeb Arabic
From the given name Tayeb.
Tayyab Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Tayyab.
Terakgi Ottoman Turkish, Turkish (Anglicized, Rare), Arabic
Now mainly used as an arabic surname, mainly in Syria or lebanon. This last name possibliy comes from "Tarak Yapımcısı" which means combmaker. This surname can be spelt as "Terakgi" if a arab or a turkish person were to move to an english speaking nation.
Thabet Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.
Thabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.
Tharwat Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tharwat.
Tlemsani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Tlemcen, the name of a city in north-western Algeria.
Touati Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone who originally came from the region of Touat (or Tuat) in Algeria.
Touil Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic طويل (see Tawil) chiefly used in North Africa.
Touilbini Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelaziz Touilbini (1978-), an Algerian boxer.
Tounsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy) meaning “Tunisian”, ultimately from تُونِس (tūnis) meaning "Tunisia, Tunis". It can refer to a native of the country of Tunisia, someone from the city of Tunis (in Tunisia), or the Tunisian Tounsi dialect of Arabic.
Touzani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly derived from Aït Touzine, the name of a Rifian tribe in Morocco.
Trabelsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Tripoli in Libya from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus). The city's name ultimately comes from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis) meaning "three cities", from τρι- (tri-) meaning "three" and πόλις (pólis) meaning "city".
Trabelssi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Trabelsi.
Tumas Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Tumas.
Turkieh Ancient Hebrew, Arabic, Jewish
A Lebanese jewish surname that is often used among Lebanese jews in Israel.
Ubaidullah Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ubaidullah.
Uhumahu Arabic
He was arabic but died by cholera
Ullah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه (Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.
Vali Spanish, Italian (Swiss), Arabic
This Spanish and Italian surname of VALI was a locational name for someone OR A family who lived in a valley. In valle quiescit ( In the valley of our home, we find peace.)... [more]
Wadood Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Wadud.
Wadud Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Wadud.
Wael Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Wail.
Wagdy Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Wagdy.
Wahab Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Wahab.
Wahba Arabic
Means "gift" in Arabic, derived from the word وَهَبَ (wahaba) meaning "to grant, to gift".
Waheed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Wahid.
Wahid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Wahid.
Wajid Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Wajid.
Waleed Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Walid.
Wali Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Arabic
Derived from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy) meaning "helper, friend, protector", used in Islam to describe a saint.
Walid Arabic
Derived from the given name Walid.
Waqar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Waqar.
Warfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).
Waris Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Waris.
Waseem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Wasim.