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Updated January 30, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic rafīq ‘intimate friend’, ‘companion’ (see the Qur’an 4:69). The name is used in combinations such as Rafīq ul-Islam ‘friend of Islam’.

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