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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Yahia يحيى Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

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

Yahya يحيى Arabic, Urdu
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".

Yaish Arabic, Hebrew

Yakoub يعقوب Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yakub يعقوب Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

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

Yamal يامال Arabic, Indian

Yaqoob يعقوب Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqoub يعقوب Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqub يعقوب Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.

Yared يارد Arabic
From the given name Yared.

Yaseen ياسين Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yasin.

Yaser ياسر Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.

Yasin ياسين Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yasin.

Yasir ياسر Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Yasir.

Yasser ياسر Arabic
From the given name Yasir.

Yassin ياسين Arabic
From the given name Yasin.

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

Yassir ياسر Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.

Yazbeck يزبك Arabic
Variant transcription of Yazbek.

Yaziji Turkish, Arabic
Arabic surname of Turkish origin meaning “clerk” or “writer”. Alternate spelling to Yazıcı.

Yehia يحيى Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yehya يحيى Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.

Yemen ليمن Arabic
From the Given Name YEMEN.

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

Youcefi يوسفي Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.

Younes يونس Arabic
Variant transcription of Yunus.

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

Younis يونس Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yunus.

Yousef يوسف Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

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

Yousif يوسف Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousri يسري Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Yousry يسري Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Youssef يوسف Arabic
From the given name Youssef.

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

Youssif يوسف Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Yusuf.

Yousuf يوسف Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

Yunus يونس Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yunus.

Yusef يوسف Persian, Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yusuf يوسف Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

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

Zaghloul Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "squab, young dove" in Egyptian Arabic. A notable bearer was the Egyptian statesman and revolutionary Saad Zaghloul (1857-1927).

Zahaf Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zaheer ظهير Arabic, Urdu
Variant transcription of Zahir.

Zaher زاهر Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Zaher.

Zahi Arabic
From the given name Zahi.

Zahid زاهد Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahid.

Zahir ظاهر Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali
From the given name Zahir.

Zahiri ظاهري Persian, Arabic
From the given name Zahir.

Zahra زهراء Maltese, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahra.

Zahrani زهراني Arabic
From the Arabic زهراني (zahran) meaning "flowering, blossoming"; ultimately from زَهْرَة (zahra) meaning "flower, blossom" (see Zahrah)... [more]

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

Zahreddine زهر الدين Arabic

Zaid زيد Arabic
From the given name Zaid.

Zaidan زيدان Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.

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

Zaidi زيدي Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zaid.

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

Zain زين‎ Arabic
From the given name Zayn.

Zakaria زكريا Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Zakariyya.

Zakariya زكريا Arabic
Arabic surname derived from the name of the prophet Zechariah.

Zakariyya زكريا Dhivehi, Arabic
From the given name Zakariyya.

Zaki زكي Arabic
From the given name Zaki.

Zakir ذاكر Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zakir.

Zaky زكي Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Zaki chiefly used in Egypt.

Zaydan زيدان Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.

Zaytoun Arabic (Egyptian)

Zaza Arabic (Egyptian)

Zed Arabic

Zeid زيد Arabic
From the given name Zayd.

Zeidan زيدان Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.

Zeitoun زيتون‎‎ Arabic
Derived from the Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive", a cognate of the Maghrebi Zitouni. It could also be linked to the famous El-Zeitoun district in Cairo, Egypt.

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".

Zgheib زغيب Arabic
Lebanese surname of unknown meaning.

Zia ضياء Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Ziya.

Ziadeh زيادة Arabic
Means surplus, extra in Arabic

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

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

Zidan زيدان Arabic
From the given name Zaydan.

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".

Zoboon Arabic

Zogheib زغيب Arabic
Variant transcription of Zgheib.

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.

Zubair زبير Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zubair.

Zuhair زهير Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Zuhair.

Zulfikar ذو الفقار Arabic
From the given name Zulfiqar.

Zulfiqar ذو الفقار Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zulfiqar.

Zwoukhi زوخي Arabic (Maghrebi)

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