Arabic Submitted Surnames

Hamdan همدان‎ Arabic
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamdani حمداني Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamdaoui حمداوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Hamdi حمدي Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamdi.

Hamdy حمدي Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.

Hamed حامد Arabic
From the given name Hamed.

Hameed حميد Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamid حامد, حميد Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hamid 1 or Hamid 2.

Hamidi حميدي Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hammad حماد Arabic
Derived from the given name Hammad.

Hammadi حمادي Arabic
From the given name Hammad.

Hammami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hammam (see Hamam)... [more]

Hammoud حمود Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).

Hamoud حمود Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hamza حمزة Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.

Hamzaoui حمزاوي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.

Hanae هناء Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana 1 or Hanaa.

Hanafi حنفي Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.

Haneef حنيف Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hanif.

Hani هانئ Arabic
Derived from the given name Hani.

Hanif حنيف Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hanif.

Hannachi حناشي‎‎ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.

Hany هانئ Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hani.

Harb حرب Arabic
Means "war" in Arabic.

Haris حارث Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Harith.

Harith حارث Arabic
Derived from the given name Harith.

Haroon هارون Urdu, Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Harun.

Haroun هارون Arabic
Derived from the given name Harun.

Harun هارون Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Harun.

Hasan حسن Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Hasan.

Haseeb حسيب Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Hasib.

Hashem هاشم Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hashim.

Hashim هاشم Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hashim.

Hashimi هاشمي Arabic
From the given name Hashim, particularly denoting descent from the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.

Hashmi هاشمي Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hashimi.

Hasib حسيب Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hasib.

Hassan حسن Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Filipino, Tausug, Maranao, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Hassan.

Hassani حساني Persian, Arabic, Swahili
From the given name Hassan.

Hatam Arabic
From the given name Hatam.

Hatim حاتم Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.

Hawa حواء Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hawa.

Hawayek Arabic
Variant of Howayek.

Hayat حياة Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Turkish
From the given name Hayat.

Hayder حيدر Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.

Hayek حايك Arabic
Means "weaver" in Arabic.

Haytham هيثم Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.

Hegazy حجازي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Hijazi chiefly used in Egypt.

Heider هايدر Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Bengali, Arabic
From the given name Haidar.

Helal هلال Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Hilal.

Helan Arabic

Helmy حلمي Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Helmi.

Hesham هشام Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hisham.

Hichem Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hichem, a variant of Hisham; mainly found in Algeria.

Hidad حداد Arabic
In Arabic this means "black smith".

Hidayat هداية Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hidayat.

Hijazi حجازي Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the region of Hejaz in western Saudi Arabia.

Hikmat حكمة Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.

Hilal هلال Arabic
From the given name Hilal.

Hoceimi Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Habitational name for someone originally from Al Hoceima, a town and province in Algeria.

Hopy Arabic (Egyptian)

Horse Arabic (?)

Hosni حسني Arabic
From the given name Husni.

Hossam حسام Arabic
Derived from the given name Husam.

Husain حسين Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Husaini الحسيني Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Hausa
From the given name Husayn.

Husni حسني Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Hussaini حسيني Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Hussain.

Hussein حسين Arabic
From the given name Husayn.

Husseini الحسيني Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Hussien حسين Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.

Hyder حيدر Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.

Ibourk Arabic

Ibraheem ابراهيم Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahem ابراهيم Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahim إبراهيم Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahimi إبراهيمي Pashto, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.

Idrees إدريس Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Idris 1.

Idreis Arabic

Idrissi إدريسي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).

Iftikhar افتخار Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.

Ihsan إحسان Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.

Ikram إكرام Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.

Ilyas إلياس Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.

Imam إمام Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a Muslim leader.

Iman إيمان Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Iman.

Imran عمران Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Imran.

Imtiaz إمتياز Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Imtiyaz.

Iqbal إقبال Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Iqbal.

Irfan عرفان Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.

Isa عيسى‎ Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Isa 1.

Isam عصام Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.

Ishag إسحاق Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).

Ishak إسحاق Arabic
From the given name Ishak.

Ishaq إسحاق Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.

Iskandar إسكندر Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

Iskander إسكندر Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

Islam إسلام Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.

Islami إسلامي Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.

Ismaeel إسماعيل Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.

Ismael إسماعيل Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismail إسماعيل Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismaili إسماعيلي Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Ismat عصمة, عصمت Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.

Israr إسرار Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Israr.

Issa عيسى Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.

Ithan Arabic

Jaafar جعفر Arabic
Derived from the given name Jafar.

Jabar جبار Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jabbar.

Jabari جباري Arabic
From the given name Jabbar.

Jabbar جبار Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jabbar.

Jabbari جباري Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Jabari.

Jaber جابر Arabic
From the given name Jabir.

Jabir جابر Arabic
From the given name Jabir.

Jabr جبر Arabic
From the given name Jabr

Jadallah جاد الله Arabic
Means "the generosity of Allah" in Arabic.

Jadan Arabic

Jadine Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jafar جعفر Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jafar

Jaffar جعفر Arabic
From the given name Jaffar

Jaffer جعفر Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jafar.

Jahlan Arabic

Jalal جلال Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Jalal.

Jaleel جليل Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Jalil.

Jalil جليل Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jalil

Jamal جمال Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Jamal.

Jamali جمالي Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi), Urdu
From the given name Jamal.

Jameel جميل Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Jamil.

Jamig Arabic

Jamil جميل Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Jamil.

Jammal Arabic

Jandali جندلي Arabic

Jaouadi جوادي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad (chiefly Tunisian).

Jaouhari جوهري Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar) meaning "jewel, gem, essence" (chiefly Moroccan).

Jawabreh Arabic

Jawad جواد Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jawad.

Jawdat جودت Arabic
Derived from the given name Jawdat.

Jaziri Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jelassi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Jlassi (chiefly Tunisian).

Jendoubi جندوبي Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Jendouba, the name of a large city in northwestern Tunisia. The name itself is derived from Berber (Tamazight) jen meaning "market" and douba meaning "wheat".

Jialan Arabic

Jibril جبريل Arabic
From the given name Jibril.

Jilani جيلاني Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jilani.

Jiwani Arabic

Jlassi جلاصي Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the name of an Tamazight (Berber) tribal confederation in Tunisia; the name could be from Arabic إِخْلَاص (ʾiḵlāṣ) meaning "sincerity, devotion, loyalty" or of unknown Berber meaning.

Joubran جبران Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Jubran جبران Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Juma جمعة Swahili, Arabic
From the given name Juma.

Junaid جنيد Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Junayd.

Kabir كبير Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Kabir.

Kachiri Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)

Kaddara Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadet Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kahwaji قهوجي Arabic
Arabized form of Turkish Kahveci (chiefly Lebanese).

Kalban Arabic

Kamal كمال Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kamel كمال Arabic
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kamil كامل Arabic
Derived from the given name Kamil 1.

Kandil قنديل Arabic
Means "lamp, candle, lantern" in Arabic.

Karam كرم Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.

Kareem كريم Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Karim.

Kashgari كاشغري Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kashif كاشف Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Kashif.

Kasim قاسم Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.

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

Kassem قاسم Arabic
From the given name Kassem, a form of Qasim.

Kateb كاتب Arabic
From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) meaning "writer, scribe, clerk".

Kazim كاظم Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
From the given name Kazim.

Kenyou Arabic

Kenz Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kenza Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kenza.

Khader خضر Arabic
From the given name Khidr.

Khairy خيري Arabic
Derived from the given name Khayri.

Khalaf خلف Arabic
Means "successor, descendant" in Arabic.

Khaled خالد Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Khalid.

Khaleel خليل Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Khalil.

Khalid خالد Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Khalid.

Khalidi خالدي Arabic
From the given name Khalid.

Khalifa خليفة Arabic
From the given name Khalifa.

Khalil خليل Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Khalil.

Khalili خليلي Persian, Arabic
From the given name Khalil.

Khaliq خالق Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Khaliq.

Khamis خميس Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.

Khashoggi خاشقجي Arabic
Arabized form of the Turkish surname Kaşıkçı.

Khateeb خطيب Arabic, Urdu
Arabic alternate transcription of Khatib as well as the Urdu form.

Khatib خطيب Arabic
Means "speaker, orator" in Arabic. In Islam this is the name of the person who delivers sermons (khutbah) during Friday and Eid prayers.

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

Khouri خوري Arabic
Alternate transcription of Khoury.

Khoury خوري Arabic
Means "priest" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curia meaning "court". It is mostly used by Arabic-speaking Christians.

Kial Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kira Arabic (Egyptian)

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

Knifati كنيفاتي Arabic
Means "Knafeh maker," given to pasty makers specializing in Knafeh, a filo-dough middle-eastern pastry typically filled with cheese and syrup.

Kochab الكوكب Hebrew (Germanized, Archaic), Arabic (Germanized, Archaic)
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Kojak Arabic

Kojok Arabic

Koko Arabic (Egyptian), Eastern African

Kouri Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Khoury.

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

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).

Lamae Arabic

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

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.

Larine Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

Lateef لطيف Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Latif.

Latif Arabic

Latif لطيف Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Latif.

Layla ليلى Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Layla.

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.

Ledesma Arabic (Mashriqi), Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Arabic

Lehlou Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rarer variant of Lahlou.

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

Loghmari Arabic (Maghrebi)

Lokman لقمان Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Luqman.

Lotfy لطفي Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Lutfi.

Loutha Arabic (Maghrebi)

Lukman لقمان Arabic
Derived from the given name Luqman.

Luqman لقمان Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Luqman.

Maan Arabic, Limburgish, Finnish
Of meaning unknown

Maawad Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Arabic (Rare, ?)

Madanat مدانات Arabic
Mainly found in Jordan.

Madbouli Arabic (Egyptian)
Variant transcription of Madbouly.

Madbouly مدبولي Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian surname of unknown meaning.

Magdy مجدي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Majdi chiefly used in Egypt.

Maged ماجد Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Majid.

Maghribi 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.

Mahbub محبوب Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mahbub.

Mahdi مهدي‎ Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

Maher ماهير Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian)

Maher ماهر Arabic
From the given name Mahir.

Mahfoud محفوظ Arabic
Derived from the given name Mahfuz.

Mahfouz محفوظ Arabic
From the given name Mahfuz.

Mahfuz محفوظ Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Mahfuz.

Mahgoub محجوب Arabic
Derived from the given name Mahjoub.

Mahjoub محجوب Arabic
Derived from the given name Mahjoub.

Mahmood محمود Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mahmud.

Mahmoud محمود Arabic
From the given name Mahmud.

Mahmoudi محمودي Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mahmoud.

Mahmud حمود Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mahmud.

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)

Majdi مجدي Arabic
Derived from the given name Majdi.

Majed مجيد Arabic
From the given name Majid.

Majeed مجيد Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Majid.

Majid مجيد Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Majid.

Makhlouf مخلوف Arabic
From the given name Makhlouf.

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

Makhluf مخلوف Arabic
Derived from the given name Makhluf.

Makram مكرم Arabic
Derived from the given name Makram.

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

Malak ملك Arabic
Derived from the given name Malak.

Malek مالك Arabic, Persian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Malik.

Malik مالك Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Malik 1.

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

Mallem Arabic (Maghrebi)
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Mamdouh ممدوح Arabic
Derived from the given name Mamduh.

Mamoun مأمون Arabic
Derived from the given name Mamun.

Mamri Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)

Mamun مأمون Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mamun.

Mansoor منصور Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Mansur.

Mansor منصور Arabic
Derived from the given name Mansur.

Mansour منصور Arabic
From the given name Mansur.

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

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

Mansur منصور Arabic
From the given name Mansur.

Maqbool مقبول Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Maqbul.

Maqsood مقصود Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Maqsud.

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

Marih Arabic (Maghrebi)

Marnissi مرنيسي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown.

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

Maruf معروف Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Maruf.

Marzouk مرزوق Arabic
From the given name Marzouq.

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.

Marzouq مرزوق Arabic
From the given name Marzouq.

Masood مسعود Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mas'ud

Masoud مسعود Arabic
Derived from the given name Mas'ud.

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

Masry مصري Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Masri.

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

Massoud مسعود Arabic
Derived from the given name Mas'ud.

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

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

Mateen متين Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Matin.

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

Max Arabic (Egyptian)

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).

Medhat مدحت Arabic
Derived from the given name Midhat.

Medíc Arabic

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

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

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