Shehata

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Arabic.

Word forms

Shehata Shehatas

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَحَّاتَة (šaḥḥāta), from شَحَّات (šaḥḥāt, “beggar”). In the Dictionary of American Family Names, the surname is given as a variant of Shehadeh, which is apparently from a different root. This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.

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