Arab

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Араб in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Arab is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name4.7K records spelled Arab2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ârab

• Spanish name3.5K records spelled Arab5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ãrãb, Árab, Aràb

• German name2.2K records spelled Arab3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Austria, Germany, Switzerland

  Also written Árab, Ăřăb

• Persian name1.2K records spelled Arab5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iran

  Also written Араб, Àŕàb

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Arab is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• sacred place

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• In Malay, Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Hungarian, Arabic (relating to Arabia)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In msk, to bite (as a shark)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 83 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ahmed Arabb. 1933DZFrench association football player
• Ali-Mohammad Arabb. 1935IRpolitician
• Ila Arab Mehtab. 1938INGujarati novelist and story writer from India
• Mostafa Arabb. 1941IRIranian footballer
• Roya Arabb. 1967IRUK-based Iranian musician and archaeologist (1967-)
• Leila Arabb. 1971IRIranian musician (1971-)
• Chadia Arabb. 1977FRFrench geographer
• Patricia Arabb. 1978CACanadian politician
• Rouhollah Arabb. 1984IRfootballer
• Samir Arabb. 1994MTMaltese association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 220 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arab?

We estimate roughly 36 people bear Arab (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Arab have the most bearers?

Arab is most frequently recorded in the United Arab Emirates, where it is most often spelled arab.

What does the name Arab mean?

Recorded meaning: need