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A Wikipedia category page for surnames of Arabic origin.
Word/name. Arabic. Meaning. Happy. Saʽid ( Arabic: سعيد Saʽīd ), also spelled Saʽeid, Said, Saïd, Sid, Saeed, Saed, Saied, Sayeed or Sayid, is a male Arabic given name which means "blessed (in Quranic Classical Arabic ), good luck, joy" or "happy, patient". The name stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada ( سَعَدَ – 'to be happy ...
The oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
Fulano/a (from Arabic fulán) is the default placeholder name for a human (the female version Fulana should be used carefully as it is also slang for "prostitute", but the diminutive form Fulanita is safe). Fulano de Tal is the equivalent of John Doe. Fulano is cognate with the Biblical Hebrew term ploni (see above).
We've made things easy by separating them into common names, girls' names, boys' names and even Arabic surnames. Here’s an excellent list of 205 Arabic names and their meanings.
The ism ( اسم) is the given name, first name, or personal name; e.g. "Ahmad" or "Fatima". Most Arabic names have meaning as ordinary adjectives and nouns, and are often aspirational of character. For example, Muhammad means 'Praiseworthy' and Ali means 'Exalted' or 'High'.
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The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [16] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [17]