Why Muslim people have several names? What is the correct one to address them?

Answer 1

It depend on how they introduce themselfs on how you address them.

some people only have one name. but as children are born a father will sometimes go by the name of his first born son. Like if a persons name is Abdul Jalil *last name here* but he has a son named Musa... he will take on the name of Abu Musa. Abu means "father of" .

Or if my father was Abdul Jalil i would be *my name here* bint Abdul Jalil *last name here*. that would be *me* the daughter of Abdul Jalil *last name here*

and many men will say Abdul before their names. Abdul means "servant of" then the name will be most likely be a attribute of Allah.

many names is a way to tie back to your family and its heritage. when women marry, we do not take the name of our husbands but keep the name of our fathers... it is our identifiers

Answer 2

you know, I don't think Muslem people have several name! I'm Iranian and thus a Muslem and I just have one name! everyone has one name and one surname! I think you say they have several names because you can't differenciate between names and surnames in other languages.that's quite natural, as you're not supposed to be familliar with foriegn names and surnames.
I don't know about Arab countries but in Iran (we're Persian and a few Turkish) we regard each other as Mr or Mrs and then we usually bring the surname.some of the surnames have two parts and usually the second part of the surname refers to the place where you're born.some of the first names are a combination of two seperate first names.you may use either of them, but usually the first part is said.you may point out someone as the following formulas:
Mr/Mrs+either the first part of surname or the second part of it to sound formal and respectful.
or you may say: Mr/Mrs+first name if you know him/her.
or just say his/her fisrt name if you're close friends.

Answer 3

The Muslim naming system is different from the traditional British pattern and may consist of a religious name (or title), a personal name and sometimes a family name. In addition, children may also be given a nickname.
Religious Names (or titles)
A Muslim boy will often not be called by the first of his names, which may be a title, e.g. Mohammed, or one of the 99 names of Allah. Each name, or combination, has a different meaning, e.g. Abdul (servant of God). Out of respect for the Holy Prophet Mohammed, Ikram will be known as Ikram, not Mohammed.
Although religious names should not be used alone, they are sometimes used together with the personal name.
Personal names
A personal name is the name by which a child should be known.
Many personal names are those of important religious leaders or of past prophets e.g. Fatima (daughter of the Prophet Mohammed) or Ibrahim (Abraham).
Other personal names are chosen for their meaning or for the beauty of their sound e.g. Ishrat (happiness) and Akhtar (star).
Girls and women have a personal name, which comes first, followed by a female title or by another personal name.
Family names
In Bangladesh, Muslims do not generally have surnames and family members may each have a different last name, making it impossible to tell the relationship between two people from their names. Where a family name exists, it may relate to religion, clan or family history, e.g. Chaudhury (landlord).
Where 'ul', 'ur' or 'ud' occurs between two names, it usually indicates that the two names have to be pronounced together e.g. Najeeb-ur-Rahman or Anwar-ul-Hassan.
For girls and women , Bibi, Begum, Khatun, Khanom or Sultana added to a personal name, simply signify gender. 'Begum', when used as a forename, is equivalent to 'Mrs'. Girls and women, until they marry, often take one of their father's names (usually the personal name) as their final name. Once they marry, this is usually replaced by one of their husband's names.
Although, traditionally, Bangladeshis have not used a family name, many families moving overseas have adopted an element of the father's name to use as a surname.
Nicknames
It is common for children to have nicknames e.g. Rumi, Kochi (youngster) or Anu (short for Anwar). These are names only used within the family and by some close friends.

Answer 4

They have serveral name as that is what names they are given...just as some people are given a middle name and others aren't.

As far as to what to address them as, it's best just to stick with whichever name they chose to introduce themselves as or if they don't use a name when introducing then ask.

Answer 5

Some time it's their name son of ____ son of ____ son of ___.

Like Chris ben Joe ben Rich ben etc.

Answer 6

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