Lebanese Families
Family Names Denoting Lebanese Towns (13)
In the thirteenth part of the series exploring the families named after Lebanese towns, The Monthly continues to track these families, which carried different names initially but were given later the names of the towns into which they moved. Some of them maintained their sectarian affiliation,...
Lebanese Family Names Denoting Physical Impairments
Lebanon has numerous families whose surnames denote physical disabilities. It is likely that the surnames were inspired from the impairments that the forefathers of some of the families used to have. These families are distributed among all Lebanese regions and sects as follows:
Family Names Denoting Lebanese Towns (11)
In the eleventh part of the series exploring the families named after Lebanese towns, The Monthly continues to track these families, which carried different names initially but were given later the names of the towns into which they moved. Some of them maintained their sectarian affiliation, while...