Berber Submitted Surnames

Berber names are used by the Berber (Amazigh) people of North Africa, including the Tuareg of the Sahara.

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

Abeqquy ⴰⴱⴻⵇⵇⵓⵢ Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Ibeqquyen from the province of Rhusima.

Abeṭṭiw ⴰⴱⴻⵟⵟⵉⵡ Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Ibettiwen from the province of Nnadua.

Agzenay ⴰⴳⵣⴻⵏⴰⵢ Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Igzenayen from the province of Taza.

Aït ⴰⵢⵜ Berber, Northern African
Derived from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (aït) meaning "son", also commonly used a component for compound names and surnames.

Aït Ahmed ⴰⵜ ⵃⵎⴻⴷ Berber (Gallicized)
Means "son of Ahmed" in Tamazight.

Ait Bekka Berber
Berber surname derived from ait meaning "son" and Bekka, possibly a Berber given name.

Aïtbrahim ⴰⵢⵜ ⴱⵔⴰⵀⵉⵎ Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Brahim", from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (ait) meaning "son" combined with the Arabic given name Brahim.

Akebdani Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Dar Lkebdani.

Ameziane ⴰⵎⴻⵣⵢⴰⵏ Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Meziane.

Awaayaɣeř ⴰⵡⴰⴰⵢⴰⵖⴻⵔ Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Ayt Waayagher from the province of Rhusima.

Benasser بن ناصر Berber, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means “Son of Asher”.

Bouchemlal Kabyle, Berber
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Bouhouche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name possibly derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" and حَوْش (ḥawš) meaning "courtyard, enclosure, farm" (chiefly Algerian).

Boulahrouz Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Means "father of Lahrouz", possibly an Arabic given name of unknown meaning. It is chiefly used in Algeria and Morocco. The retired Dutch soccer player Khalid Boulahrouz (1981-) is a famous bearer of this name.

Charrat Berber, Mozabite

Domrane Kabyle, Berber
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Grigahcine Berber (Rare, ?)
Meaning unknown, perhaps of Kabyle origin. A known bearer is DJ Snake, who was born William Grigahcine (1986-), an Algerian-French musician.

Guanche Spanish (Canarian), Berber, Guanche
Derived from the name of the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands before the Spanish conquest. The Guanche people were a Berber-speaking people who arrived in the Canary Islands in the 5th century AD... [more]

Haliche Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Halliche.

Halliche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Hamadache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname derived from the Arabic given name Hamada.

Izebboudjen Berber
From the berber word meaning "Olive tree".

Izem ⵉⵣⴻⵎ Berber, Northern African
From the given name Izem, directly taken from the Tamazight word ⵉⵣⴻⵎ (izem) meaning "lion".

Jlassi 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.

Mazigh ⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ 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”.

Mbarek ⵎⴱⴰⵕⴽ Berber
Moroccan Tachelhit variant of Mubarak.

Meziane ⵎⴻⵣⵢⴰⵏ Berber, Northern African
From the given name Meziane (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

Meziani Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Variant of Meziane.

Mkerref المكرف Berber (Modern, Rare)
Mkerref originated from the 1950s in Tangier, Morocco. The surname is rare and its holders have riffian (amazigh) roots, known as the Temsamanis originally. ... [more]

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

Ouahmed Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name meaning "son of Ahmed", from the Berber prefix ou- meaning "son (of)" combined with the Arabic name Ahmed (chiefly Algerian).

Ouyahia ⵓⵢⵃⵢⴰ Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Yahia", from the Berber prefix ou- meaning "son (of)" combined with the Arabic given name Yahia (chiefly Algerian).

Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ, ⵝⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵝ Berber, Northern African
Derived from ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ (Tamaziɣt), the Berber (Amazigh) name for the collective Berber language family used in North Africa.

Zammit Berber, Northern African
Tunisian Berber name of unknown meaning.

Zaouche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name of unknown meaning.

Zeghlache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Zemmamouche Berber (Rare), Northern African (Rare)

Zemmour Berber
Derived from Tamazight azemmur meaning "olive".

Zemmouri Berber
Variant of Zemmour.

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

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