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Updated February 29, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic zamān ‘time’, ‘age’, ‘era’, often used to form names in combination with other words, for example Nūr uz-Zamān ‘light of the era’, Shams uz-Zamān ‘sun of the time’. Zaman is a popular name in the Indian subcontinent.

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