Arabic Names from al-Andalus: Nicknames by frequency from Mediano (799 men's names)

by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith)

© 2008 Julia Smith; all rights reserved
last updated 22Feb08

Nickname# of occurrencesTypeMeaning
al-Fāsī59locativefrom Fez
al-Tilimsānī54locativefrom Tilimsān, Algeria
al-Garnāṭī49locativefrom Granada
al-Tūnisī48locativefrom Tunis
al-Anṣārī43tribalearly converts in Medina
al-Andalusī37locativefrom al-Andalus
al-Miknāsī26tribalof the Miknāsa tribe (from Algeria)
al-Bijā'ī23
al-Iskandarī17locativefrom Alexandria
al-Qurashī17locativefrom Quraysh
al-Miṣrī16locativefrom Misr (Cairo)
al-Ḥasanī14familydescendant of Ḥasan
al-Sharīf14familydescendant of the prophet
al-Mālaqī13locativefrom Malaga
al-Zuwāwī13
al-Magribī12locativefrom the Magreb
al-Qaysī12familydescendant of Qays
al-Jazrajī11tribalof the Jazraj tribe (Arabia)
al-Lajmī10tribalof the Lajm tribe
al-Ṣanhājī10locativefrom Ṣanhāja, West Africa
al-Azdī9tribalfrom the Azḍ tribe
al-Qusanṭīnī9locativefrom Cocentaina
al-Tujībī9familydescendant of Tujīb or Tajīb
al-Balansī8locativefrom Valencia
al-Gāfiqī8locativefrom Gāfiq (modern Benalcazar)
al-Makkī8locativefrom Mecca
al-Maṣmūdī8tribalof the Maṣmūd tribe
al-Shāṭibī8locativefrom Jativa
al-Gumārī7
al-Ishbīlī7locativefrom Sevilla
al-Jazā'irī7locativefrom Algeria
al-Madanī7locativefrom Medina
al-Qalshānī7
al-Sabtī7locativefrom Ceuta
al-`Abdarī6tribalof the Abduddar tribe
al-`Uqbānī6
al-Balawī6locativefrom Balī (near Cordoba)
al-Damīrī6locativefrom Damīra
al-Mishidhdhālī6
al-Nuwayrī6familydescendant of Nuwayra
al-Qarāfī6locativefrom al-Qarāfa, near Cairo
al-Sulamī6tribalfrom the Sulaym tribe
al-Tanasī6locativefrom Tenes (Algeria)
al-Zammūrī6tribalof the Zammūr tribe (Morocco)
al-`Abbādī5familydescendant of `Abbād
al-`Abdūsī5familydescendant of `Abdūs
al-`Ajīsī5
al-Awsī5tribalfrom the Aws tribe
al-Bakrī5familydescendant of Bakr
al-Basātī5
al-Gassānī5tribalmember of the Gassān tribe
al-Ḥumaydī5familydescendant of Ḥumayd (diminutive of Ḥamad)
al-Magīlī5tribalof the Magīla tribe (Berber)
al-Magrāwī5locativefrom Almagro
al-Marrākushī5locativefrom Marrakech, Morocco
al-Mursī5locativefrom Murcia
al-Ragrāgī5
al-Ru`aynī5tribalof the al-Ru`ayn tribe