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Zinedine Zidane?
by Ramm (guest)
1/23/2008, 2:29 PM
OK, he's the famous French soccer star, of Algerian Kabyle descent. I'd like to know what either of his names means, first name and/or last name. I know nothing of Algeria's language(s), but I'm guessing there's not much Latin influence to help us out.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
1/23/2008, 3:44 PM
Zinedine is most likely a "Frenchified" spelling of Zayn-ud-Din (or Zainudin or Zayn-al-Din), a name which means "grace of the religion" or "ornament of the religion" in Arabic, according to A Dictionary of Muslim Names by Salahuddin Ahmed and other references.
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- Marija Luminitsa   +1
1/23/2008, 3:42 PM
You might want to check out this discussion:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=9225&board=gen
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- Ramm (guest)
1/31/2008, 3:14 PM
cool, thanks to you both!
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