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A Wikipedia category page for surnames of Arabic origin.
Copts. Coptic names refer to the personal names used by the Copts, the indigenous Christian inhabitants of Egypt. They reflect the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Arab and Christian influences in the region and encompass a diverse range of naming practices, which have evolved over centuries.
Khouri. Khoury ( Arabic: خوري, Greek: Χούρι or Ḫūrī ), also transliterated as Khouri, is a Levantine surname that is found among Christians in the Middle East. The term Khoury means "priest" in Levantine Arabic. It derives from the Latin word curia, or may come from the French curé meaning parish Priest, from Medieval Latin ...
Nonetheless, such names are accepted in some areas. Its use is not exclusive to Muslims and throughout all Arab countries, the name Abdel-Massih, "Servant of Christ", is a common Christian last name. Converts to Islam may often continue using the native non-Arabic non-Islamic names that are without any polytheistic connotation, or association.
The Ali surname is especially common in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world. [1] Ali is the most common last name in Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Kuwait and Libya. [2] The last name can also be found among the Indian Muslim and Pakistani communities, as it is often associated with the descendants of Ali in these ...
Masih ( Arabic: مسيح, romanized : Masīḥ ), also spelled Mesih or Maseeh, is a name of Arabic origin which means ' Messiah ' or ' Christ '. The word Masīḥ is the Arabic form of the Hebrew title Māshīaḥ ( מָשִׁיחַ) or the Greek title Khristós ( Χριστός ), meaning "anointed one". It is used as a name and title for ...
Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie. The name may also be spelled Lesley. The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire, [1] perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic leas celyn "holly-garden". [2] Leslie is also frequently used as an anglicization of the male name Ladislaus, or its variant László.
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