Habibi

See also: حبيبي and habibi

English

Etymology

From a suffixed form of Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “beloved”), from the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b) relating to love.

Proper noun

Habibi (plural Habibis)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Habibi is the 31285^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 741 individuals. Habibi is most common among White (61.81%) and Multi-racial (24.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Habibi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108.