Talib Family History
Talib Surname Meaning
Muslim (mainly Pakistan and Iraq):: from the Arabic personal name Ṭālib from ṭālib ‘seeker (of knowledge)’. Abū-Ṭālib ‘father of the Seeker’ was the name of an uncle of the prophet Muhammad and the father of the first Shiite imam Ali.
Compare Taleb. possibly also from the Arabic personal name Ṭalīb from ṭalīb ‘inquirer student’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
