Alghamdi Family History
Alghamdi Surname Meaning
Muslim (Saudi Arabia; also Al-Ghamdi): variant of Al-Ghamidi a surname denoting descent from or association with the Arabic tribe of Ghāmid a subtribe of Azd dating back to pre-Islamic times with roots in Yemen.
The name of the tribe (from Arabic ghāmid ‘concealing’) is said to refer to an incident in which a potentate of this tribe concealed a delicate matter that had arisen between himself and a kinsman;
whereupon one of the kings of the pre-Islamic Yemen bestowed the nickname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
