Surnames
People of Arab descent in Singapore hold the following surnames arranged alphabetically:
Notes on pronunciation: Pronunciation of names is that of Classical Arabic or Standard Arabic. Dialectal pronunciation may slightly differ in some sounds, e.g. Classical may be pronounced . Classical vowels such as or are pronounced in colloquial Arabic as or respectively. Thus the name Bagushair (Baq'shir) bā qushair باقشير is bā gishēr. Note also that Arabic glottal stop (ء) is transliterated (k) in Malay, e.g. Barajak بارجاء . Below is a list of names preceded by a table showing the transliteration system of consonants together with their IPA values. Transliteration and Arabic spelling of names with ??? need checking.) :
| Arabic | Transliteration | IPA transcription |
|---|---|---|
| ث | th or ṯ | θ |
| ذ | dh or ḏ | ð |
| ظ | đ̣ or ð̣ | ðˤ |
| ص | ṣ | sˤ |
| ط | ṭ | tˤ |
| ض | ḍ | dˤ |
| ء | ’ | ʔ |
| ع | ‘ | ʕ |
| غ | gh or ġ | ʁ |
| خ | kh or x | χ |
| ج | j or ǧ | d͡ʒ |
| ش | sh or š | ʃ |
| ي | y | j |
- Aboed ‘abūd / ‘abbūdعبود/ عبّود
- Aidid ‘aidīd عيديد
- Albahar al-bāhr الباحر
- Al Bin Said āl bin sa‘īd آل بن سعيد
- Al Bukhari al-bukhārī البخاري
- Al Idrus al-‘aidarūs (also spelt Alaydrus) العيدروس
- Alatas al-‘aṭṭās العطاس
- Alaydrus al-‘aidarūs العيدروس
- Albar al-bārالبار
- AlHabshi al-ḥabshī الحبشي
- AlHadad al-ḥaddād الحداد
- Alhadi al-hādī الهادي
- AlHadry al-ḥadrī الحدري
- AlHajri al-hajrī الهجري
- AlHamid al-ḥāmid الحامد(different from the Bin Hamid bin-ḥāmidبن حامد)
- AlHusaynial-ḥusaynī الحسيني (also spelt as Alhusaini/Alhusseini)The family are the direct descendants of Husayn Ibn Ali of The Ahlul Bayt
- AlJufry al-jufrī الجفري
- Aljunied al-junaidالجنيد
- Aljaru al-jaru
- Alkaff al-kāf الكاف
- AlKhairid al-khirid الخرد
- Alkhatib al-khaṭībالخطيب
- AlKhatiri ???الخاطري (but if Al Kathiri, pronunciation is al-kathīrī الكثيري)
- AlMadihid ???āl mudaiḥijمديحج
- AlMahdaly al-mahdalī المهدلي
- AlMushaiya ???also al-mushaikh
- AlNahdi al-nahdī النهدي
- AlNaziri ???al-nadhīri
- Alqadri al-qādirī القادري
- AlQudsi al-qudsī القدسي
- Alsagoff al-saqqāf السقاف
- AlShahab āl shihāb آل شهاب (other names : Bin Shahab & Bin Shihab بن شهاب – all belong to the same family).
- Alsree al-sirī السري
- Altuywai al-tuwai التوي
- Alwaini al-‘wuainī العويني
- Ashiblie al shiblī الشبلي
- al-Zair ???(possibly also Az-zair)
- Baashin bā ‘ashin باعشن
- Badib bā dhīb باذيب
- Bafadhal bā faḍl بافضل
- Bafanah bā fana‘ بافنع
- Bages bā qais باقيس
- Bagharib bā gharīb باغريب
- Bagushair Ba-Qashir bā qushairباغشير or باقشير
- Bahajaj bā ḥajjāj باحجاج
- Baharon bā hārūn باهارون
- Bahashwan bā ḥashwānباحشوان
- Bajrai bā jirai/bā jurai باجري
- Bakhbireh bā khubairah باخبيرة
- Balidram bil-ladram بالدرم or بن لدرم
- Bamadhaj bā madḥaj بامدحج
- Banafe' bā nāfi‘ بانافع
- Bana'ma bā nā‘imah باناعمة
- Ba'Arfanbā ‘arfān با عرفان
- Bajammal bā jammāl با جمال
- Bajunaid bā junaid باجنيد
- Baobed bā ‘ubaid باعبيد
- Barabbah bā rabbā‘ بارباع
- Barajak bā rajā’ بارجاء
- Baridwan ba reedwan بردون
- Barosh ??? bā ruwish باروش
- Basalamah bā salāmah باسلامة
- Basharahil bā sharāḥīl باشراحيل
- Basrawi baṣrāwī بصراوي
- Baswedan bā swaidān باسويدان
- Bathef ??? bā ṭahaf باطهف
- Belwael ba l-wa‘l بالوعل / بلوعل (also known as Balweel or Balwael or Belweil bil wi‘il) (Classical Arabic أبا الوعل)
- Bin Abad bin 'abad بن عابد
- Bin Abdat bin ‘abdāt (also bin ‘ibdāt) بن عبدات
- Bin Diab bin dhiyābبن ذياب
- Bin Hamid bin ḥāmid بن حامد
- Bin Hassan bin ḥasan بن حسن
- Bin Rabak bin raba‘ بن ربع (possibly bin rabbā‘ بن ربّاع )
- Bin Shahab bin shihāb بن شهاب
- Bin Shaykh Abu Bakar bin al-shaikh abu-bakr بن الشيخ ابوبكر
- Bin Shelham ???bin shalham بن شلهم
- Bin Tahir bin ṭāhir بن طاهر
- Bin Talib bin ṭālib بن طالب
- Binsmit bin ṣumaiṭ بن سميط
- Binyahya/ Benyahya (or AlYahya to avoid any confusion due to the similarity in the way the malays use 'Bin' to reflect 'son of')
- Harharah (bin) harharah بن هرهرة
- Jawas jawwās جواس
- Lahdji al laḥjī اللحجي
- Lajam la‘jam لعجم (Classical Arabic الاعجم)
- Magad ???المقد
- Mattar al-maṭar المطر
- San'ani al-ṣan‘ānīالصنعاني (previously Al-Jaisi – the name change occurred after they moved to San'aa)
- and a lot more
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