Arabic (Maghrebi) Submitted Surnames

Kadet Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadi Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kardjena كارجينا Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kasmi قاسمي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.

Kenz Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kenza كنزة Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kenza.

Kermadi كرمادي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Khelif خليف Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Khelifa خليفة Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Khelifa.

Khelifi خليفي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Khelil خليل Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Khalil.

Kial Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kissami قيسامي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "descendants of Qasim" in Arabic. This was the name of a Moroccan family descended from the Idrisid dynasty.

Kouri خوري Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Khoury.

Krai كراي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Krim كريم Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Karim.

Ktila كتيلة Arabic (Maghrebi)

Laarif لعريف Arabic (Maghrebi)

Laayouni لعيوني Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Laayoune, the name of a city in the Western Sahara (chiefly Moroccan).

Labidi العبيدي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عابد (ʿābid) "worshiper, adorer, server" (chiefly Tunisian).

Lahlou لحلو Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw) meaning "sweet" or "nice, charming", chiefly used in Moroccan Arabic.

Lahmar لحمر, الأحمر Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the red (one)", derived from Arabic الأحمر (al-ʾaḥmar).

Lamari العماري Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Amari.

Lamlas لملس Arabic (Maghrebi)

Lamrani العمراني‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Amrani. A famous bearer is former Moroccan prime minister Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919-2018).

Lamrini لمريني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown; Possibly a variant of Lemrini.

Larbaoui لعرباوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Larbi.

Larine Arabic (Maghrebi)

Laroussi العروسي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Aroussi.

Lazrak لزرق Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic الأزرق (al ʾazraq) meaning "the blue (one)", from أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) "blue". It is chiefly used for Moroccan Arabic.

Lehlou لحلو Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rarer variant of Lahlou.

Lemkheitir لمخيطير Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Khatir, chiefly used in Mauritania.

Lemrini مريني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Merini.

Loghmari Arabic (Maghrebi)

Loutha Arabic (Maghrebi)

Maaroufi معروفي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Maruf.

Maghribi مغربي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic المغرب (al-Maghrib) meaning "the west", also referring to the country of Morocco. It could be used to refer to a Moroccan person or (in English) someone from the Maghreb region of Northern Africa.

Mahrez محرز‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic مُحْرَز (maḥraz) meaning "accomplished, achieved, attained". A notable bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.

Maizi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Makhloufi مخلوفي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Makhlouf.

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

Mallem معلم Arabic (Maghrebi)
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Mamri Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)

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

Marih Arabic (Maghrebi)

Marnissi مرنيسي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown.

Marouani مرواني Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marwan.

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

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

Marzouki مرزوقي 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.

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

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

Mazraoui مزراوي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mebarki مباركي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mebarek.

Medjmedj مجمج Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mehdaoui مهداوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mehdi.

Mehdioui مديوني Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mehdi.

Mehideb مهيدب Arabic (Maghrebi)

Merabet مرابط Arabic (Maghrebi)
Mainly found in Algeria.

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

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

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

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

Meziani مزياني Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Variant of Meziane.

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

Mimoune ميمون Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Mimoun.

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

Missouni Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moula مولا Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mouloud مولود‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mouloudi مولودي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

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

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

Moussaoui موسوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

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

Moustabchir Arabic (Maghrebi)

Muntasser منتصر Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

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

Nayli نايلي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nedjai Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

Nemour Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nini Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nouioua نويوة Arabic (Maghrebi)

Noureddine نور الدين Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Noureddine.

Obbadi عبادي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouadi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouahab وهاب Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Wahab.

Ouahabi واهابي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ouahab.

Ouali أوالي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Oualid وليد Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Oualid.

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

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

Oubaali أوبالي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Oubraym أوبرايم Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouechtati عويشتات Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouertani ورتاني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Found mainly in Tunisia.

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

Ouldkouider ولد قدور Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

Rahmani رحماني Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Rahman.

Ramdani رمضاني Arabic (Maghrebi), Indonesian
From the given name Ramadan.

Regragui ركراكي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning; predominantly found in Morocco.

Reida Arabic (Maghrebi)

Rezgui رزقي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِزْق (rizq) meaning "livelihood, subsistence, daily bread" (chiefly Tunisian).

Rhoni Arabic (Maghrebi)

Riahi رياحي Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِيَاح (riyāḥ) meaning "winds, breezes", the plural of رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind".

Rili Arabic (Maghrebi)

Saadaoui سعداوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Sa'd" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Saadoune سعدون Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "help", "luck" and "support".

Sadni سادني Arabic (Maghrebi)

Saharaoui صحراوي 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]

Sahraoui صحراوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".

Saïdi سعيدي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saïed سعيد Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sa'id, influenced by French orthography and chiefly used in Tunisia.

Saifi صايفي Arabic (Maghrebi)

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.

Salhi صالحي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.

Samiri ساميري Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.

Sarii Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sassi ساسي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Seddik صديق Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend".

Seddiki صديقي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi cognate of Siddiqui (chiefly Algerian).

Sedjati سجاتي Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sennia Arabic (Maghrebi)

Shakshuki شكشوكي 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.

Shaladi شلادي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning (chiefly Libyan).

Shebani شيباني 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.

Shibani شيباني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.

Skila Arabic (Maghrebi)

Slimani سليماني‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sulayman.

Slimi سليمي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Slim.

Snisla سنيسلة Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sofiane سفيان Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sufyan.

Soltani سلطاني Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sultan.

Soudani سوداني‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "Sudanese (referring to a person from Sudan)", derived from Arabic سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy).

Souiri الصويري Arabic (Maghrebi)
Originally denoted a person who came from the Moroccan port city of Essaouira.

Stambouli ستامبولي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from Istanbul, Turkey.

Tahar طاهر Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tahar.

Tahiri طاهري Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian, Persian
From the given name Tahir.

Tahraoui طهراوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tahar.

Taïeb طيب Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Taïeb.

Talbi طالبي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talib.

Talhaoui طلحاوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talha (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Talil Arabic (Maghrebi)

Taoufik توفيق Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Taouil طويل Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic طويل (see Tawil) chiefly used in North Africa.

Targuisti Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.

Thelaidjia Arabic (Maghrebi)

Tlemsani تلمساني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Tlemcen, the name of a city in north-western Algeria.

Touati تواتي Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone who originally came from the region of Touat (or Tuat) in Algeria.

Touil طويل Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic طويل (see Tawil) chiefly used in North Africa.

Touilbini تولبيني Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelaziz Touilbini (1978-), an Algerian boxer.

Touili طويلي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Touil.

Tounsi تونسي‎‎ 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 توزاني Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly derived from Aït Touzine, the name of a Rifian tribe in Morocco.

Trabelsi طرابلسي‎‎ 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 طرابلسي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Trabelsi.

Triki تريكي Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Triss Arabic (Maghrebi)

Warfalli ورفلي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).

Werfalli ورفلي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Werfalli).

Yahiaoui يحياوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yahyaoui يحياوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yaïch يعيش Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaich based on French orthography.

Yaich يعيش Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).

Yaïche يعيش Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaiche based on French orthography.

Yaiche يعيش Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic يعيش (ya'ish) meaning "he will live", ultimately derived from the word عاش ('asha) meaning "to live".

Yalaoui يعلاوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".

Yassine ياسين‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yassine.

Youcef يوسف Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youcef.

Youcefi يوسفي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.

Youness يونس Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Yunus.

Yousfi يوسفي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yusuf.

Youssefi يوسفي Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youssef.

Zahaf زحاف Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zahraoui زهراوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "related to Zahra" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Zaïdi زيدي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zaidi chiefly used in the Maghreb and influenced by French orthography.

Zaimi زعيمي Albanian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Zaim.

Zerhouni زرهوني Arabic (Maghrebi), Northern African, Berber
Possibly refers to the Zerhoun mountain in Morocco. The family name originates from the city of Nedroma in Tlemcen, Algeria.

Zeroual زروال‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Nickname for a person with blue eyes from Berber aẓerwal meaning "blue".

Zerrougui زروقي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Zerrouki.

Zerrouki زروقي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".

Ziadi زيادي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ziyad.

Ziani زياني‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zayyan.

Zidane زيدان Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zaydan. A notable bearer is Zinedine Zidane (1972-), a French former footballer of Algerian descent.

Zitouni زيتوني‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive".

Zoheir زهير Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zuhayr.

Zouaoui زواوي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Indicates a member of the Igawawen (called Zouaoua in French) Kabyle tribe, from Maghrebi Arabic زواوة (zwāwa). The tribe's name is of uncertain meaning; it may be derived from the name of a massif in Kabylie, Algeria.

Zouari زواري Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zoubir زبير Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zoubir.

Zouhair زهير Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair.

Zouhairi زهيري Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair.

Zwoukhi زوخي Arabic (Maghrebi)