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Ghafoor Surname Meaning

Muslim: from a variant of the Arabic personal name Ghafūr from ghafūr ‘forgiving merciful’.

Al-Ghaffūr ‘the All-Forgiving’ is an attribute of Allah also seen in the compound name ʿAbd al-Ghafūr ʿAbdul-Ghafūr ‘servant of the All-Forgiving’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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