Hamas

Male: 1 country

Origin: Arabic

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”). A few speakers pronounce it with /x/ to imitate Hebrew חַמַאס instead.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Hamasa Derived from Hamas
Aaliyah Arabic origin
Abbas Arabic origin
Abdelghani Arabic origin
Abdelhamid Arabic origin
Abdelkrim Arabic origin
Abdellatif Arabic origin
Abdelrahman Arabic origin
Abdeslam Arabic origin

Popularity by Country

Hamas

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