Libyan Name Generator

Arabic given names with Libyan town and family surnames

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Libyan names that pair Arabic given names in their Libyan spellings with town, tribal and old urban family names, such as Muftah Al-Warfalli, Tibra Sakizli and Wanis Al-Sokni. Longer entries add the father's and grandfather's names the way official papers do.

About Libyan names

A Libyan name is an Arabic name with local habits. Official papers write it as a chain: the person's given name, then the father's given name, then the grandfather's, and last the family name. In daily life most people go by the first and last links, which is why this list mixes short two-part names with longer three- and four-part ones. Women usually keep their own family name after marriage.

Many family names are nisbas, adjectives that point to a town or a tribe: Al-Misrati for Misrata, Al-Zintani for Zintan, Dernawi for Derna, Al-Warfalli for the Warfalla and Al-Obeidi for the Obeidat of the east. Others belong to old urban families of Tripoli, Benghazi and Derna, some with Ottoman-era roots, such as Karamanli. Given names lean on Libyan favorites like Muftah, Emhemmed, Miloud, Faraj, Wanis, Mabrouka and Tibra, next to names heard across the Arab world.

There is no single way to write these names in Latin letters. The same surname can appear as Al-Fitouri, El-Fitouri or Elfituri, and Libyan speech turns the letter qaf into a hard g, which is why you see Belgasem and Al-Gatrani here. A small share of entries carry a label for Libya's Amazigh, Tuareg and Tebu communities, whose naming traditions differ from those of the Arabic-speaking majority.

How to choose Libyan names

  • Use the two-part form for everyday scenes and the full chain for passports, school registers and court records in your story.
  • In a chain the middle names are always men's names, even for a woman: Azza Muftah Al-Dersi is Azza, daughter of Muftah, of the Al-Dersi family.
  • Match the surname to the region. Al-Obeidi, Al-Barasi and Al-Agouri point to the east, Al-Zintani and Al-Gharyani to the western mountains, Al-Fezzani to the south.
  • Pick one spelling system and keep it. Do not mix Al- and El-, or Mohamed and Muhammad, inside one family.
  • Brothers and sisters share the father's and grandfather's names, so a family of characters only needs new first names.

Frequently asked questions

How are Libyan names structured?

A full Libyan name is a chain of given names followed by a family name: your own name, your father's, your grandfather's, then the surname. Khamis Naji Fouad Layas in this list reads as Khamis, son of Naji, grandson of Fouad, of the Layas family. Everyday use usually shortens the chain to its first and last parts.

What do Libyan surnames like Al-Misrati mean?

They are nisbas, adjectives of origin. Al-Misrati means 'from Misrata', Al-Tarhuni 'from Tarhuna' and Al-Warfalli 'of the Warfalla tribe'. A nisba tells you where a family has its roots, not where the person lives today.

Why is the same Libyan name spelled in several ways?

Arabic has no fixed Latin spelling, and Italian and English conventions have both left their mark on Libyan documents. You will meet Mohamed, Mohammed and Muhammad, and the article written as Al-, El- or joined to the name. This list keeps one spelling per name so the entries stay consistent.

Does the list include Amazigh, Tuareg and Tebu names?

Yes, a small share, and each of those entries carries a label in parentheses, such as Tilelli Nalouti (Amazigh) or Aghali Al-Koni (Tuareg). Amazigh communities live in the Nafusa Mountains and in Zuwara, the Tuareg in the southwest and the Tebu in the south. For a longer list of Amazigh names, try the Amazigh name generator.

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A: 77 names

  • Abdelhamid El-Fitouri
  • Abdelhamid Fathi Walid Fekini
  • Abdelkarim Al-Mesmari
  • Abdelkarim El-Abbar
  • Abdelkarim Ghaith Kikhia
  • Abdelmajid Al-Zwai
  • Abdelsalam Al-Sheikhi
  • Abdelsalam Bilal Bayou
  • Abdelsalam Shennib
  • Abdulaziz Abdullah Al-Fezzani
  • Abdulaziz Al-Agouri
  • Abdullah El-Gamaty
  • Abdulqader Al-Fakhri
  • Abdulqader Ben Sassi
  • Abdulrahman Al-Zintani
  • Abubaker Al-Hassi
  • Abubaker Bushnaf
  • Abubaker Taher Idris Ghadamsi
  • Adam Al-Tebawi (Tebu)
  • Adel Al-Minifi
  • Afaf Al-Riyani
  • Afaf Salim Naihoum
  • Aghali Al-Koni (Tuareg)
  • Ahmed Al-Firjani
  • Ahmed Al-Targui (Tuareg)
  • Ahmed Aref Ziad Mattawa
  • Ahmed Siala
  • Ahmida El-Abbar
  • Ahmida Ibrahim Miloud Shalgham
  • Ahmida Mustafa Ghadamsi
  • Aisha Al-Mesmari
  • Akram Al-Orfi
  • Akram Fakroun
  • Akram Salim Ibrahim
  • Aksel Zuwari (Amazigh)
  • Ali Al-Mahdawi
  • Amal Ben Taher
  • Amal Naihoum

A, continued

  • Amastan Ag Khamed (Tuareg)
  • Amina Al-Dersi
  • Amina Maghur
  • Ammar Al-Sheikhi
  • Amnay Buzakhar (Amazigh)
  • Anas Al-Fezzani
  • Anas Belgasem Msallati
  • Anir Zuwari (Amazigh)
  • Anwar Al-Maghribi
  • Anwar Msallati
  • Anwar Nader Ayoub
  • Aref El-Houni
  • Aref Khairi Khalifa Al-Firjani
  • Aref Shaltami
  • Ashour Al-Minifi
  • Ashour Ramadan Al-Orfi
  • Asma Ayad Al-Sokni
  • Asma El-Gallal
  • Attaher Al-Targui (Tuareg)
  • Attia Al-Barasi
  • Attia Koobar
  • Attia Najib Sakizli
  • Attia Rajab Nabil
  • Awad Al-Fakhri
  • Awad Al-Zliteni
  • Awatef Al-Zintani
  • Ayad Fawzi Saeed Swehli
  • Ayad Jalal Muntasir
  • Ayad Msallati
  • Ayman Kamal Mahmoud Al-Fagih
  • Ayman Koobar
  • Ayman Sormani
  • Ayoub Al-Barghathi
  • Ayoub Al-Zawi
  • Ayoub Saad Hisham
  • Aziza Muntasir
  • Aziza Ramadan Mizdawi
  • Azza Aujali
  • Azza Muftah Al-Dersi

B: 9 names

  • Barka Al-Tebawi (Tebu)
  • Bashir Al-Dersi
  • Bashir Jamal Swehli
  • Basma El-Abbar
  • Basma Nabbous
  • Belgasem Al-Zwai
  • Bilal Al-Awami
  • Bilal Wael Saleh
  • Bushra Al-Fakhri

D: 2 names

  • Dalal Treki
  • Dihya Zuwari (Amazigh)

E: 14 names

  • Ebtihal Abushagur
  • Ebtihal Sakizli
  • Emad Al-Hassi
  • Emad Ayman Sanusi
  • Emad Othman Al-Awami
  • Emhemmed Al-Warfalli
  • Emhemmed Shalgham
  • Esam Al-Zawi
  • Esam Mahdi Al-Warfalli
  • Esra Msallati
  • Esra Nashnoush
  • Ezzedin Al-Riyani
  • Ezzedin Bayou
  • Ezzedin Jamal Mansour

F: 27 names

  • Fadwa Tellisi
  • Fadwa Ziad Treki
  • Faisal Al-Fagih
  • Faisal Al-Mahdawi
  • Faisal Anas Salem Al-Majbri
  • Faiza Al-Obeidi
  • Faiza Suleiman Walid Sormani
  • Faraj Al-Rujbani
  • Faraj Bugaighis
  • Farhat Al-Saiti
  • Farhat Nabil Al-Misrati
  • Farida Al-Maghribi
  • Farida Bugaighis
  • Fathi Al-Misrati
  • Fathi Zaidan Yaseen
  • Fathia Al-Shaeri
  • Fathia Al-Zawi
  • Fatima Abdulrahman Al-Jazwi
  • Fatima Al-Koni (Tuareg)
  • Fatima Fekini
  • Fawzi Al-Fezzani
  • Fawzi Lutfi Mansour
  • Fawzia Jibril Moataz
  • Fawzia Mizdawi
  • Fouad Al-Orfi
  • Fouad Bushnaf
  • Fouad Shaban Tuhami

G: 5 names

  • Ghada Al-Mahdawi
  • Ghada Bazama
  • Ghaith Al-Tarhuni
  • Ghaith Awad Zuhair
  • Ghalia Al-Tarhuni

H: 36 names

  • Hadi Ghadamsi
  • Hadi Naihoum
  • Hadi Salem Siraj Al-Orfi
  • Haitham Al-Obeidi
  • Hajer Tarabulsi
  • Halima Belgasem Maghur
  • Halima Mattawa
  • Hamed Tarabulsi
  • Hamida Ben Omran
  • Hamida Shalgham
  • Hamza Al-Shibani
  • Hana Shalgham
  • Hana Tellisi
  • Hanan Al-Rujbani
  • Hani Al-Majbri
  • Hani Majdi Al-Zawi
  • Haroun Dernawi
  • Haroun Emhemmed Anwar Al-Hassi
  • Haroun Esam Nasser Msallati
  • Haroun Khairi Fouad
  • Hassan El-Gamaty
  • Hassan Zayed Tarabulsi
  • Hatem Al-Orfi
  • Hatem Emad Rashid Maghur
  • Hawa Al-Agouri
  • Hawa Al-Tebawi (Tebu)
  • Hawa Haroun Al-Hassi
  • Hend Akram Aujali
  • Hend Koobar
  • Hisham El-Houni
  • Hisham Nasser Salim
  • Houria Al-Fezzani
  • Houria Ben Halim
  • Huda Al-Barghathi
  • Huda Hamed Gurgi
  • Hussein Al-Mahjoub

I: 14 names

  • Ibrahim Dernawi
  • Ibrahim Yousef Taher Muntasir
  • Ibtisam Al-Zwai
  • Idris Abdulrahman El-Gallal
  • Idris Al-Maghribi
  • Iman Nuri Wanis
  • Iman Shennib
  • Intisar Hani Sadiq Nashnoush
  • Intisar Mattawa
  • Ismail El-Gamaty
  • Ismail Riyad Layas
  • Issa Al-Mesmari
  • Issa Al-Tebawi (Tebu)
  • Issa Ben Ghalbon

J: 13 names

  • Jalal Jibril Shaban Al-Minifi
  • Jalal Msallati
  • Jamal Al-Tajuri
  • Jamal Rajab Fakroun
  • Jamila Al-Jazwi
  • Jamila Tawfik Rajab
  • Jazia Hussein Al-Gharyani
  • Jazia Nashnoush
  • Jibril El-Fitouri
  • Jibril Salem Mattawa
  • Jumaa Al-Zwai
  • Jumaa Ben Amer
  • Jumaa Marwan Al-Sokni

K: 23 names

  • Kamal Al-Tajuri
  • Kamal Bsikri
  • Kamal Issa Haitham Al-Fakhri
  • Kamila Hatem Shaltami
  • Kamila Karamanli
  • Karim Al-Zintani
  • Karim Ben Ghashir
  • Karima El-Gamaty
  • Karima Riyad Al-Fakhri
  • Khadija Al-Misrati
  • Khadija Nizar Al-Obeidi
  • Khairi El-Houni
  • Khairi Emhemmed Khamis Al-Gatrani
  • Khairi Hamed Al-Shibani
  • Khairia Aujali
  • Khairia Ben Omran
  • Khaled Al-Maghribi
  • Khaled Yahya Lenghi
  • Khalifa Aujali
  • Khalifa Ben Saoud
  • Khamis Ahmida Al-Barghathi
  • Khamis Al-Firjani
  • Khamis Naji Fouad Layas

L: 11 names

  • Laila Adel Tellisi
  • Laila Al-Saiti
  • Lalla Al-Koni (Tuareg)
  • Lamin Anwar Bashir Bayou
  • Lamin El-Fitouri
  • Lamin Ezzedin El-Abbar
  • Latifa Al-Tajuri
  • Latifa Bilal Al-Gatrani
  • Lubna Abushagur
  • Lubna Al-Jazwi
  • Lutfi Al-Riyani

M: 67 names

  • Mabrouk Abdulqader Hassan Siala
  • Mabrouk Al-Fezzani
  • Mabrouk Lenghi
  • Mabrouk Suleiman Jalal
  • Mabrouka Al-Sokni
  • Madghis Azzabi (Amazigh)
  • Maha Al-Warfalli
  • Maha Naji Anas
  • Mahdi Adel Fathi
  • Mahdi Al-Firjani
  • Mahdi Al-Mesmari
  • Mahdi Al-Tarhuni
  • Mahdi Lutfi Al-Warshefani
  • Mahdi Munir Issa Al-Tajuri
  • Mahdi Munir Riyad
  • Mahmoud Al-Warshefani
  • Majda Al-Firjani
  • Majda Sadiq Taher
  • Majdi Al-Awami
  • Majdi Treki
  • Malak Gurgi
  • Malak Kikhia
  • Mansour Al-Rujbani
  • Mansour Rafiq Al-Majbri
  • Mariam Muntasir
  • Mariam Wael Bazama
  • Marwa Al-Majbri
  • Marwan Bakkush
  • Marwan Dernawi
  • Marwan Salah Salem
  • Marwan Sami Yahya
  • Masoud Ali Shennib
  • Masoud Ben Sassi

M, continued

  • Masoud Mizdawi
  • Masouda Gurgi
  • Masouda Nabbous
  • Massin Yefreni (Amazigh)
  • Massinissa Yefreni (Amazigh)
  • Mazigh Nalouti (Amazigh)
  • Milad Al-Araibi
  • Milad Ayoub El-Gamaty
  • Miloud Al-Zintani
  • Miloud Ben Othman
  • Miloud Faraj Younis
  • Moataz Al-Zliteni
  • Moataz Najib Al-Fagih
  • Mohamed Al-Rujbani
  • Mohamed Ben Khayal
  • Mokhtar Al-Gharyani
  • Mokhtar Layas
  • Mona Fekini
  • Mufida Al-Zliteni
  • Mufida Layas
  • Muftah Al-Warfalli
  • Muftah Ben Ghashir
  • Muftah Omar Rafiq Aujali
  • Munir Al-Riyani
  • Munir Naihoum
  • Munira Al-Mahjoub
  • Munira Fawzi Al-Rujbani
  • Musa Al-Targui (Tuareg)
  • Musa Ali Mahmoud Shennib
  • Musa Sormani
  • Musa Swehli
  • Mustafa Ammar Al-Riyani
  • Mustafa Mizdawi
  • Mustafa Sufian Khaled Al-Misrati

N: 35 names

  • Nabil Al-Zliteni
  • Nader Al-Barghathi
  • Nader El-Gallal
  • Nader Wisam Belgasem Tellisi
  • Nadia Al-Gharyani
  • Nadia Ben Musa
  • Nafisa Shennib
  • Naima Maghur
  • Naima Shembesh
  • Najat Fakroun
  • Naji Mizdawi
  • Naji Nuri Al-Barasi
  • Naji Zakaria Hassan
  • Najia Ben Ghalbon
  • Najia El-Houni
  • Najib Al-Dersi
  • Najib Mohamed Tarek
  • Najwa Abuzeid
  • Najwa Al-Warshefani
  • Nasser Haitham Tatanaki
  • Nasser Hamza Al-Rujbani
  • Nasser Sormani
  • Nawal Kikhia
  • Nawal Swehli
  • Naziha El-Fitouri
  • Naziha Haitham Bakkush
  • Nizar Aujali
  • Nizar Hamza Farhat Al-Maghribi
  • Nizar Idris Sormani
  • Nour Ghadamsi
  • Noura El-Houni
  • Numidia Azzabi (Amazigh)
  • Nuri Al-Gharyani
  • Nuria Al-Obeidi
  • Nuria Kikhia

O: 8 names

  • Omar Al-Gharyani
  • Omar Farhat Hamza Lenghi
  • Omar Mahmoud Karamanli
  • Omran Ahmed Awad Al-Awami
  • Omran Ghadamsi
  • Omran Rajab Al-Tajuri
  • Othman El-Houni
  • Othman Karim Mabrouk

R: 27 names

  • Rabia Abubaker Al-Mahdawi
  • Rabia Al-Hassi
  • Rafiq Al-Agouri
  • Rahma Al-Misrati
  • Rahma Ben Shatwan
  • Rajaa Ben Ali
  • Rajaa Dernawi
  • Rajab Al-Tarhuni
  • Ramadan Hussein Ismail
  • Ramadan Tarabulsi
  • Rania Lenghi
  • Rashid Al-Gatrani
  • Rashid Fathi Al-Zintani
  • Reem Jumaa Masoud
  • Reem Shalgham
  • Rehab Abuzeid
  • Rehab Al-Minifi
  • Ridha Al-Jazwi
  • Ridha Ammar Lutfi Nabbous
  • Ridha Bazama
  • Ridha Rashid Hamed Bsikri
  • Rima Abdelmajid Bsikri
  • Rima Al-Barasi
  • Riyad Al-Majbri
  • Rowaida Al-Gatrani
  • Ruqaya Al-Barghathi
  • Ruqaya Ben Ali

S: 59 names

  • Saad Al-Sokni
  • Saad Ashour Koobar
  • Saad Hani Siala
  • Sabah Al-Zawi
  • Sabah Tellisi
  • Sadiq Shaltami
  • Sadiq Tarabulsi
  • Saeed Abdullah Al-Mesmari
  • Saeed Al-Gatrani
  • Saida Al-Shibani
  • Sakina Lenghi
  • Salah Al-Agouri
  • Salah Aujali
  • Salah Jalal Majdi Al-Zintani
  • Salah Sadiq Al-Dersi
  • Saleh Al-Hassi
  • Saleh Hamza Adel
  • Saleh Musa Nuri Tatanaki
  • Salem El-Gamaty
  • Salha Bsikri
  • Salim Al-Barghathi
  • Salim El-Gallal
  • Salima Al-Awami
  • Salima Milad Al-Firjani
  • Salma Al-Firjani
  • Salwa Swehli
  • Samah Al-Gharyani
  • Samah Faisal Zuhair Fakroun
  • Sami Al-Mahjoub

S, continued

  • Sami Karamanli
  • Sami Karim Abdelmajid Dernawi
  • Sami Lamin Mohamed
  • Samira Al-Sheikhi
  • Samira Esam Al-Minifi
  • Sana El-Abbar
  • Sana Rafiq Fekini
  • Sanusi Abdelkarim Bashir Al-Warfalli
  • Sanusi Al-Tajuri
  • Sanusi Mattawa
  • Sara Sakizli
  • Shaban Al-Sokni
  • Shaban Lamin Al-Araibi
  • Shukri Abdelhamid Shalgham
  • Shukri Al-Barasi
  • Shukri Yaseen El-Fitouri
  • Sifaw Baruni (Amazigh)
  • Siraj Al-Warshefani
  • Siraj Nabil Sakizli
  • Siraj Shukri Faraj Al-Sheikhi
  • Souad Ismail Othman Al-Mahdawi
  • Souad Maghur
  • Sufian Al-Fakhri
  • Sufian Ben Taher
  • Suhair Bakkush
  • Suhair Tellisi
  • Suleiman Al-Gharyani
  • Suleiman Tatanaki
  • Sumaya Bakkush
  • Sumaya Khalifa Zaidan

T: 22 names

  • Tafsut Kabawi (Amazigh)
  • Tahani Al-Barasi
  • Tahani Omran Younis Mizdawi
  • Taher Al-Jazwi
  • Taher Mansour Al-Saiti
  • Tala Baruni (Amazigh)
  • Tarek Al-Shibani
  • Tarek Ibrahim Al-Agouri
  • Tarek Sufian Al-Araibi
  • Tawfik Al-Araibi
  • Tawfik Ammar Mokhtar Koobar
  • Tawfik Khaled Al-Tarhuni
  • Thuraya Tarabulsi
  • Tibra Al-Riyani
  • Tibra Sakizli
  • Tilelli Nalouti (Amazigh)
  • Tinhinan Yefreni (Amazigh)
  • Tuhami Al-Barasi
  • Tuhami Al-Warfalli
  • Tuhami Younis Dernawi
  • Turkia Al-Warfalli
  • Turkia Mokhtar Gurgi

W: 17 names

  • Wael Ghadamsi
  • Wael Ghaith Shembesh
  • Wafa Bsikri
  • Wafa Tatanaki
  • Walid Al-Warshefani
  • Walid Ben Salem
  • Wanis Al-Sokni
  • Wanis Fawzi Al-Shaeri
  • Wanis Suleiman Adel Naihoum
  • Warda Al-Hassi
  • Widad Bayou
  • Widad Ben Amer
  • Wisal El-Gamaty
  • Wisal Siala
  • Wisam Abdelmajid Saeed Al-Shaeri
  • Wisam Al-Misrati
  • Wisam Saleh Nashnoush

Y: 14 names

  • Yahya Al-Mahjoub
  • Yahya Bsikri
  • Yaseen Al-Shibani
  • Yaseen Ashour Lutfi
  • Yaseen Mattawa
  • Yasmin Muntasir
  • Yasmin Sormani
  • Younis El-Abbar
  • Younis Shembesh
  • Yousef Al-Obeidi
  • Yousef Barka Al-Tebawi (Tebu)
  • Yousef Maghur
  • Yuba Nalouti (Amazigh)
  • Yugurten Kabawi (Amazigh)

Z: 20 names

  • Zahia Al-Fagih
  • Zahia Al-Mesmari
  • Zahra Al-Araibi
  • Zahra Hadi Saad
  • Zaidan Al-Zawi
  • Zaidan Ziad Al-Maghribi
  • Zakaria Al-Misrati
  • Zakaria Ben Shatwan
  • Zakaria Zaidan Al-Zliteni
  • Zakia Al-Orfi
  • Zakia Faraj Miloud Tarabulsi
  • Zayed El-Fitouri
  • Zayed Hadi Yousef Al-Obeidi
  • Zayed Mokhtar Ammar
  • Zeinab Kikhia
  • Zeinab Milad Hatem Al-Zawi
  • Ziad Al-Saiti
  • Zohra Al-Fakhri
  • Zohra Moataz Al-Zwai
  • Zuhair Al-Sheikhi