Ghafoor Family History
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
