Abu is father of. It's an honorific http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/daud/arabic-naming/
> Maybe Abu has to do with "Son of" or "Father of" or something like that? > > In Hebrew, we do names like "Judith daughter of Alexander" (only we'd use > the Hebrew names there). The Hebrew name for son of is "Ben" and daughter > of is "Bas." So maybe it means "son of Mazen"? > > Am I right? Anyone here know? > > Judith > ----- Original Message ----- > > This has me confused. > > > > Why does everybody in Palestinian Authority have more than one name? > > > > "Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen...." > > > > Is this a nickname? A complete other name? Does it mean the same thing? > Who chooses the other name? Is this social, cultural, religious? > > > > Is this a nickname like My given name of Gerald and my common name of > Jerry? > > Is this a stage name like "Bono Vox"? > > Is this an alias like "Ted Smith" for Ted Bundy? > > > > Someone has got to know... > > > > Jerry > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136714 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
