Naming Conventions for Single Arabian Women
Young ladies typically have five parts to their formal names. For example, let's use this hypothetical name as an example: Asma Rashid Naseer Al-Wahibi. Her first name is Asma and uniquely identifies her apart from any full-blooded sisters. Her second name and third names describe her paternal lineage with Rashid being the first name of her father and Naseer being the first name of her grandfather. The "Al" is an honorific that confers an idea of "from" a family branch. Finally, the Wahibi is equivalent to Western surnames, signifying the family or tribe to which a person belongs. Thus, Asma Rashid Naseer Al-Wahibi, literally means Asma, daughter of Rashid, son of Naseer, of the Wahibi tribe. If young Asma had the opportunity to study in the West she might use her full five-part name or she may westernize it and simply use Asma Wahibi.
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