Arabic Submitted Surnames

Arabic names are used in the Arab world, as well as some other regions within the larger Muslim world. They are not necessarily of Arabic origin, though most in fact are. Compare also Persian names and Turkish names. See also about Arabic names.

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

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.

Matalka Arabic (Mashriqi)
Jordanian surname of uncertain meaning.

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).

Mazraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mebarak Arabic (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arabic Mubarak.

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

Medhat مدحت Arabic
Derived from the given name Midhat.

Medíc Arabic

Medjmedj مجمج Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

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

Mehideb مهيدب Arabic (Maghrebi)

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).

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

Mesaylah f Arabic

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

Messai Arabic

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

Messit Arabic

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

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

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

Mikha'il ميخائيل 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 ميموني Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Mimoun.

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

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

Mishal مشعل Arabic
From the given name Mishal.

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

Missouni Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mobarak مبارك Arabic
From the given name Mubarak.

Mohamad محمد Arabic
Derived from the given name Mohamad.

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

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

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

Mohsen محسن Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.

Mokhtar مختار Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

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

Mokonin Russian, Arabic (Mashriqi)

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

Moneer منير Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monir منير Arabic
From the given name Munir

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

Montaser منتصر Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

Montasser منتصر Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

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

Morad مراد Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Morad.

Morad Arabic (Egyptian)

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

Morrocco Arabic

Morshed مرشد Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Morshed.

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

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

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

Moula مولا Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Mouloud Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mouloudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mounayar Arabic

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

Mourad مراد Arabic
From the given name Murad.

Mousa موسى‎ Arabic
From the given name Musa.

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)

Moustafa مصطفى Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.

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

Mufleh مفلح Arabic
From the given name Mufleh.

Muhamad محمد Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhamad.

Muhamed محمد Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

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

Muhammed محمد Arabic
From the given name Muhammad.

Muhsen محسن Arabic
From the given name Muhsin

Muhsin محسن Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Muhsin

Mujahid مجاهد Arabic
From the given name Mujahid.

Mujtaba مجتبى Arabic
From the given name Mujtaba.

Mukhtar مختار Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Mumin مؤمن Arabic
Derived from the given name Mumin.

Mumy Arabic (Egyptian)

Munawar منور Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Munawar.

Muneer منير Arabic
From the given name Munir

Munir منير Arabic
From the given name Munir

Muntasser Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

Muran موران Arabic

Murtaza مرتضى Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Murtada.

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

Musalam مسلم Arabic
Alternate transcription of Musallam.

Musallam مسلم Arabic
From the given name Musallam.

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

Mushtaq مشتاق Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mushtaq.

Musleh مصلح Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim مسلم Arabic
From the given name Muslim.

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

Muzaffar مظفر‎‎ Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Muzaffar.

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

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

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

Nabil نبيل Arabic
From the given name Nabil.

Naciri ناصري 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 نديم Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nader نادر Arabic
From the given name Nadir.

Nadim نديم Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.

Nadir نادر Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.

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

Nagib نجيب 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 ناجي 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 نعيم Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Na'im.

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

Najada نجادا Arabic
Najd, location in KSA

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

Naji Arabic

Naji ناجي Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Naaji.

Najwa Arabic

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

Naqqache النقاش 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 نسيب Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Nasib.

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

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

Naser ناصر Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nasib نسيب Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasib.

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

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

Naslen ناسلين 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 نصر Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasr.

Nasrallah نصر الله Arabic
From the given name Nasrullah.

Nasri نصري Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nasr.

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

Nasser ناصر, نصير Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassim نسيم Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Nassir ناصر Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

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

Nassry نصري Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Nasri.

Nathar Arabic

Naveed نوید Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navid نوید Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Nayli نايلي 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 ناظم Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Nazih نزيه Arabic
Derived from the given name Nazih.

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

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

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

Nedjai Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

Nemour Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

Niena Arabic (Egyptian)

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

Nini Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nishat نشاط Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nishat.

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

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

Nofal نوفل Arabic
From the given name Nawfal.

Noh نوح Arabic
From the given name Nuh.

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

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

Noorsaeed نورسعيد Arabic

Nor نور 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 نويوة Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

Nouri نوري Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nur.

Nur نور 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 نور Arabic, Somali
From the given name Nuur.

Obaid عبيد Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.

Obbadi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Obeid عبيد Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.

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

Oda عدة Arabic
Means "Several" in Arabic

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

Olajuwon Arabic

Oman عمان Arabic, English
From the place Oman.

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

Omer عمر Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Umar.

Omran عمران Arabic
Derived from the given name Umran.

Osak Arabic

Osama أسامة Arabic
Derived from the given name Usama.

Osha Arabic (Egyptian)

Osman عثمان Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Uthman.

Othman عثمان Arabic
From the given name Uthman.

Ouadi Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

Ouali 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 Arabic (Maghrebi)

Oubraym أوبرايم Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

Ouechtati Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouertani 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.

Qadeer قدير Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Qadir.

Qader قادر Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Qadir.

Qadri قادري Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Qadir.

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

Qarada قرادة Arabic

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

Qurashi قريشي Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Qureshi.

Qureshi قريشي 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 قطب Arabic
Means "pole" in Arabic.

Rabea ربيع Arabic
From the given name Rabi 1.

Rabee Arabic (Egyptian)

Rabek الرب رابيكربك رب ربكالله Arabic
Rabik (Rabek,Rabbek); "Lord" ... [more]

Rabie ربيع Arabic
Derived from the given name Rabi 1.

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

Rachid رشيد, راشد Arabic
From the given name Rashid.

Radak Arabic (Egyptian), South Slavic

Rade Arabic
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Radi راضي Arabic
Derived from the given name Radi.

Radjai رادجاي Arabic

Radwan رضوان Arabic
Variant of Ridwan.