Ansari Family History
Ansari Name Meaning
Muslim (mainly the Indian subcontinent and Iran): from the Arabic name Anṣārī ‘one who traces his lineage to one of the Anṣār’. Anṣar is the plural of Nāṣir ‘friend supporter’ a term traditionally used to denote the people of Medina who helped the prophet Muhammad after the Hegira in 622
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022