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How To Write Arab Names In English For Record Searches
Follow these simple instructions to write an Arabic name for a record search
Arabs do not have a middle name.
They have a patrilineal name.
That is, name of person followed by name of person’s father, followed by name of person’s grandfather.
Some also use a family name in the end.
When it’s used in English documents, most of the time they take the name from the Arab passport.
Let’s assume that someone has in his passport the following name: Ahmed Hussein Abbas Al Tamimi.
In Arabic this means that the person is Ahmed, his father is Hussein, his grandfather is Abbas and his family is Tamim.
When it is copied into English documents (or other Western documents) they use his family name “Tamimi” (missing out the definite article) and his first name as Ahmed and his middle name as Hussein.
Hence, in English you can write it as: Tamimi, Ahmed Hussein.
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