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Ghattas

Ghattas (), sometimes rendered as Gattas or Gattaz, is a name usually borne by Arabic-Speaking Christians from the Middle East. It is derived from the Arabic verb meaning "to submerge in water (or another liquid)", most often encountered as a name among Egyptian Copts and Lebanese Christians with the meaning of "baptism".

First name

  • Ghattas Hazim (born 1963), Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan of Baghdad, Kuwait and Dependencies, since 2014

Surname

  • Basel Ghattas (born 1956), Lebanese businessman and politician
  • Dan Christian Ghattas, intersex activist and university lecturer
  • Ignatius Ghattas (1920–1992), bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Served as Eparch of Newton.
  • Juliana Gattas, Argentine singer of Palestinian origin
  • Kim Ghattas (born 1977), journalist
  • Maged George Elias Ghattas (born 1949), Egyptian politician, minister
  • Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843–1927), Palestinian Christian nun who was canonized
  • Rodrigo Gattas (born 1991), Palestinian- Chilean football player
  • Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920–2009), cleric of the Coptic Catholic Church. Patriarch of Alexandria from 1986 to 2006.

References

References

  1. [https://www.quora.com/Is-it-correct-that-ghattas-means-diver-Is-there-another-Arabic-word-with-similar-meaning Is it correct that ghattas means diver? Is there another Arabic word with similar meaning?], accessed 18 March 2019
  2. [https://forebears.io/surnames/ghattas Ghattas surname - meaning, origin & distribution], on Forebears, accessed 18 March 2019
  3. [https://www.footballpalestine.com/2016/12/palestines-depth-chart-forwards.html?m=1 Palestine's Depth Chart (Forwards)], 6 December 2016, accessed 18 March 2019
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