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Shabani Surname Meaning

Muslim (Iran): surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Shaban or derived directly from shaʿbān the Arabic name for the eighth month of the Muslim year + the adjectival suffix -i.

Albanian: from the Muslim personal name Shaban (Albanian definite form Shabani) of Turkish and ultimately Arabic origin.

African (mainly Tanzania and Congo): from a regional (Swahili) form of the Arabic personal name Shaban or derived directly from shabani a name of the penultimate month of the Swahili calendar also of Arabic origin (compare 1 above).

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


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