Arabic Submitted Surnames

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.

Hamouda حمودة Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hamri حمري Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hamza حمزة Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.

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

Hamzi حمزي Arabic
Derived 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.

Hanafy حنفي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنفي (see Hanafi) chiefly used in Egypt.

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.

Hanoun حنون Arabic
Derived from Arabic حنون (hanun) meaning "loving, fond, affectionate" or "merciful, compassionate".

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.

Hasbún Arabic (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Hazboun.

Hasby Arabic (Egyptian)

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.

Hassen حسان, حسن Arabic
From the given name Hassen.

Hatam Arabic
From the given name Hatam.

Hatem حاتم Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.

Hatim حاتم Arabic
Derived from the given name Hatim.

Hattab حطاب Arabic (Maghrebi)

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.

Haydar حيدر Arabic
From the given name Haidar.

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.

Hazboun حزبون Arabic
From the name of the ancient Biblical town of Heshbon located in present-day Jordan.

Hegazi حجازي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.

Hegazy حجازي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.

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

Helmi حلمي Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.

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

Hemeida حميدة Arabic

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

Hicham هشام Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hicham.

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 Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

Hikmat حكمة Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.

Hilal هلال Arabic
From the given name Hilal.

Hili حيلي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hilmi حلمي Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.

Himam همام Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hindi هندي Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Denotes someone from India.

Hisham هشام Arabic
From the given name Hisham.

Hishmeh حشمة Arabic
From Arabic حشمة (hishmah) meaning "modesty, decency".

Hlimi Arabic (Maghrebi)

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.

Hosny حسني Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Hossam حسام Arabic
Derived from the given name Husam.

Hurgada Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Hurghada.

Hurghada Arabic (Egyptian)
Habitational name for someone who lived in Hurghada, Egypt.

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.

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.

Iaïche يعيش Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Iaiche based on French orthography.

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

Ibourk Arabic

Ibraheem ابراهيم Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahem ابراهيم Kurdish, Arabic
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

Idris إدريس إدريس Arabic
From the given name Idris 1.

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
From the given name İman.

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.

Ismaeil Arabic (Egyptian)

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 عيسى (see 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.

Jabeur جابر Arabic (Maghrebi)
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

Jaouad جواد Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad.

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).

Jaradat جرادات Arabic
Means "locusts, grasshoppers" in Arabic.

Jawabreh Arabic

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

Jawdat جودت Arabic
Derived from the given name Jawdat.

Jaziri Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jebabli جبابلي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jebali جبالي 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

Jkitou Arabic (Maghrebi)

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.

Judeh جودة Arabic
From Arabic جودة (jawdah) meaning "excellence, goodness".

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)

Kaddour قدور Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kaddour.

Kadet Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadhim كاظم Arabic

Kadi Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kadir قادر, قدير Arabic
From the given name Qadir.

Kadri قادري Arabic
From the given name Qadir.

Kahil Arabic (Egyptian)

Kahwaji قهوجي Arabic (Mashriqi)
Arabized form of Turkish Kahveci, chiefly used in Lebanon.

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Kalban Arabic

Kamel كمال Arabic
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kamil كامل Arabic
Derived from the given name Kamil 1.

Kandel قنديل Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

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

Kandil قنديل Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

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

Kardjena كارجينا Arabic (Maghrebi)

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".

Kattan قطان Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطان (see Qattan).

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.

Kermadi كرمادي Arabic (Maghrebi)

Khader خضر Arabic
From the given name Khidr.

Khairy خيري Arabic
Derived from the given name Khayri.

Khalaf خلف Arabic
From the given name Khalaf.

Khaldi خالدي Arabic
From the given name Khalid.

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

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.

Khamees خميس Arabic
From the given name Khamees.

Khamis خميس Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.

Kharban Arabic, Persian

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.

Khattab خطاب Arabic

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.

Khouri خوري Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic خوري (see Khoury).

Khoury خوري Arabic
Means "priest, curate, parson" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curio.

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.

Kojak Arabic

Kojok Arabic

Koko Arabic (Egyptian), Eastern African

Kotb Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطب (see Qutb) chiefly used in Egypt.

Kouri Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Khoury.

Koussa Arabic
Probably comes from Moroccan Darija, when Koussa mean "homosexuality", people with this name were seen as homosexual and had no choice.

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).

Labeeb لبيب Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Labib.

Labib لبيب Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Labib.

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).

Lahoud لحود Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means either "one who stands alone" or "one and only" in Aramaic, given in reference to Jesus Christ. This is the surname of a Lebanese Christian family prominent in Maronite politics. One of the family members, Émile Lahoud (1936-), became the eleventh President of Lebanon.

Lamae Arabic

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.

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

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.

Leabinica Arabic

Lehlou Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rarer variant of Lahlou.

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

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

Loghmari Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

Lotfi لطفي Persian, Arabic
From the given name Lotfi.

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.

Maalouf معلوف Arabic
Derived from the Arabic word "mayuuf" (معيوف), meaning "exempted" or "protected".

Maan Arabic, Limburgish, Finnish
Of meaning unknown

Maarouf معروف Arabic
From the given name Maruf.

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

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

Mabrouk مبروك Arabic
From the given name Mabrouk.

Madanat مدانات Arabic
Mainly found in Jordan.

Madani مدني Arabic
Indicated a person from the city of Medina, itself from Arabic مدينة (madinah) meaning "city".

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.

Mahamid Arabic, Jewish

Mahboub محبوب Arabic
From the given name Mahboub.

Mahbub محبوب Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mahbub.

Mahdi مهدي‎ Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

Maher ماهر, ماهير Arabic (Egyptian)
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.

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.