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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from Arabic ud-dīn (al-dīn), meaning ‘(of) the religion’, usually a suffix attached to another word forming a compound Arabic personal name such as ̣Sallạ̄h ud-Dīn (see Saladin).

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