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'''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records.  Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.'''
'''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records.  Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.'''
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Arabic is the official language of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Mauritania, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and the language of religion for
Muslims.
==Online Tools==
==Online Tools==
*[https://surnames.behindthename.com/names/usage/arabic '''Behind the Name: Arabic Surnames''']
*[https://surnames.behindthename.com/names/usage/arabic '''Behind the Name: Arabic Surnames''']
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If Saleh marries '''a wife (who would keep her own maiden, family, and surnames'''), their children will take Saleh's family name. Therefore, their son Mohammed would be called Mohammed ibn Saleh ibn Tariq al-Fulan.
If Saleh marries '''a wife (who would keep her own maiden, family, and surnames'''), their children will take Saleh's family name. Therefore, their son Mohammed would be called Mohammed ibn Saleh ibn Tariq al-Fulan.
<ref>"Arabic name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_name, accessed 9 March 2021.</ref>


However, not all Arab countries use the name in its full length, but conventionally use two- and three-word names, and sometimes four-word names in official or legal matters. Thus the first name is the personal name, the middle name is the father's name and the last name is the family name.<ref>"Arabic name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_name, accessed 9 March 2021.</ref>
Arab names can be legitimately given in many different versions on different
 
17.2 Arab Muslims often use names derived from Islam, e.g. Muhammad, as well as
traditional Arab names, e.g. Faris. Amongst Arab Christians, Biblical or Western names are
popular. However, an Arab Christian may have the same name as an Arab Muslim.
17.3 Arab names can be legitimately given in many different versions on different
occasions. Different components indicate a person’s lineage or a family’s origins:
occasions. Different components indicate a person’s lineage or a family’s origins:
a. commonly used first components:
:a. Commonly used first components:<br>
personal name + father’s personal name + grandfather’s personal name
::::personal name + father’s personal name + grandfather’s personal name (as in the above examples)
e.g. Ahmad Husain Muhammad
:b. a family name is also often used, e.g. AL-MASRI. The use of a family name is becoming more widespread. A very common Arab naming structure today is:
:::::personal name + father’s personal name + family name (as in the above examples)
:c. the following elements may also be used in the fuller version of an Arab name:
::i. ancestral name e.g. ibn Sau’d;
::ii. honorific name as parent e.g. Abu Mustafa, Umm Mustafa.


b. a family name is also often used, e.g. AL-MASRI. The use of a family name is
becoming more widespread. A very common Arab naming structure today is:
personal name + father’s personal name + family name
e.g. Fahd Abdul-Aziz AL-SHAMMARI
c. the following elements may also be used in the fuller version of an Arab name:
i. ancestral name (see 17.7.a) e.g. ibn Sau’d;
ii. honorific name as parent (see 17.7.b) e.g. Abu Mustafa, Umm Mustafa.
Personal names
17.4 An Arab typically has just one personal name. This may be simple, e.g. Husain,
Muhammad, or may be a compound. Compound names should not be separated, e.g:
a. names beginning with Abd / Abd al / Abdul (‘servant/servant of’) combined
with one of the names of Allah (‘God’): e.g. Abd Ullah / Abdullah
Abd al-Rahman / Abdul-Rahman
Abd al-Aziz / Abdul-Aziz;


b. names ending in al-din / ad-din / el-din / eddin / uddin (‘of the religion’):
e.g. Noor-al-din / Nooreddin;
c. names ending in -allah (‘God’): e.g. Habiballah / Habib-allah.
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Use of IBN/BIN/BINT
Use of IBN/BIN/BINT
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==Given Names==
==Given Names==
*An Arab typically has just one personal name. This may be simple, e.g. Husain, Muhammad, or may be a compound. *Compound names should not be separated, e.g:
:*a. names beginning with Abd / Abd al / Abdul (‘servant/servant of’) combined with one of the names of Allah (‘God’): e.g.
:::Abd Ullah / Abdullah
:::Abd al-Rahman / Abdul-Rahman
:::Abd al-Aziz / Abdul-Aziz;
:*b. names ending in al-din / ad-din / el-din / eddin / uddin (‘of the religion’): e.g. Noor-al-din / Nooreddin;
:*c. names ending in -allah (‘God’): e.g. Habiballah / Habib-allah.
===Arab Christian===
===Arab Christian===
To an extent Arab Christians have names indistinguishable from Muslims, except some explicitly Islamic names, e.g. Muhammad. Some common Christian names are:
To an extent Arab Christians have names indistinguishable from Muslims, except some explicitly Islamic names, e.g. Muhammad. Some common Christian names are:
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