Message: "Help with Algerian name"

[Facts] Help with Algerian name

by Getb2 (guest)

1/13/2013, 3:07 AM

Houari Boumedienne is known as Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukharouba, the name he was born with... But I cannot tell what is a name and what is a surname (Well, Mohammed is a name) Ben is from Bernard, Benjamin or Benedict? Or elsewhere? Is Brahim the same name as in India? Or what it means? What are variants of it? Houari means "red-haired"... Why Boumedienne instead of Boukharouba?

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- Caprice +1

1/13/2013, 8:29 AM

Ben (or Bin) means "son of" in Arabic and Brahim is probably a variant of Ibrahim, so Mohammed Ben Brahim means Mohammed, Brahim's son.

This message was edited 1/13/2013, 8:29 AM

- Getb2 (guest)

1/13/2013, 8:09 PM

Thanks!

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