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There are several titles used in Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Syed, Shaikh, Khawaja, Pasha, Malik etc. are common. Less commonly, the tribal name itself is appended to the person's given names. For females, tribal names or titles rarely figure in the person's full name although it has become more common due to Western influence.
Uthman (Arabic: عُثمَانُ, romanized: Uṯmānᵘ), also spelled Othman, is a male Arabic given name with the literal meaning the young one of [a] bustard,dragon [2] [or] serpent." [1] It is popular as a male given name among Muslims.
Babar (Urdu: بابر ), also variously spelled as Baber, [1] Babur, [2] and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. [3] It is generally taken in reference to the Persian babr ( Persian : ببر ), meaning "tiger". [ 1 ]
This question was actually reported to have been put across to Muhammad to which he replied: "The (people of the old age) used to give names (to their persons) after the names of Apostles and pious persons who had gone before them". [11] Luke 3:23: Job: ʾAyyūb: Iyyov: Job 1:1: Quran 6:84: John the Baptist: Yaḥyā: Yohanan
In Urdu (Urdu: عامر) the name has the same meaning as the original in Arabic, meaning ‘prince”. In Pashto (Pashto: امير) the name comes to mean ‘leader’ or ‘boss’. In Hebrew, when spelt אמיר the name means crown (treetop). When spelt עמיר the name means a small sheaf or bundle (of grain, usually wheat or barley) [1]
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Leila (Arabic: ليلى, Urdu: ليلى Turkish: Leyla Persian: ليلى, Hebrew: לילה, Sanskrit: लीला) is a feminine given name primarily found in the Middle East, including Semitic speaking countries, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
The name "Hebron" appears to trace back to two northwest Semitic languages, which coalesce in the form ḥbr, having reflexes in Hebrew and Amorite, with a basic sense of 'unite' and connoting a range of meanings from "colleague" to "friend". Arabic Al-Khalil thus precisely translates the ancient Hebrew toponym Ḥebron, understood as ḥaḇer ...