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Names and Naming Practices - Introduction - Middle Ages
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Jewish names and naming patterns can be used as tools for describing Jewish demographic, economic, social, and cultural history. The formation of Jewish names in the medieval Islamic world followed many Islamic naming patterns. Individuals had both personal names and family names. The personal name (Ar.
ism) was often supplemented or replaced in common parlance with a by-name (Ar.
kunya). The
ism was also often followed by a patronymic, which generally was constructed of
ben/bar/ibn (“son of”) for a male or
bat/bint (“daughter of”) for a female, followed by the father’s name. At times a
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