Kurdish Naming Customs

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Many Iraqi Kurds have adopted Arabic naming customs.
Some Iraqi Kurds and Kurds in other countries, such as Türkiye (Türkiye), have a geographical or tribal name as a last name or have adopted a grandfather’s or great grandfather’s personal name as a family name.
Familial relationships:

Kurdish women do not traditionally take their husband’s family name on marriage, although some may do so in Western societies.

Children typically adopt their father’s family name.

a. male personal names: Diaco, Kochar, Redoir, Roj, Jochar, Sherko;

b. female personal names: Aveen, Awat, Dilsoz, Sidar, Zhian.

Some Kurds use their father’s/grandfather’s or mother’s/grandmother’s personal name as a middle name:e.g.,

(husband) Haval BARZANI

(wife) Aveen SINJARI

(son) Diaco Haval BARZANI

(daughter) Sidar Aveen BARZANI