MAIMON Origin of surname
MAIMON, MAYMON, MAIMONI, MEIMOUN
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Maimon is the Arabic for "fortunate/lucky/happy". In Catalonia, Spain, the term means "calm/slow". The nickname has produced several Jewish family names, among them Ben Maimon, Meimun, Meimoun, Meimouni, Mimoun, Mimoune, Mimouni, Maymon and Maimo. In the mid 11th century, Ben Maimon is documented as a Jewish surname in North Africa. In the 19th century, Meimoun is recorded as a Jewish family name in a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated June 3, 1857, of Isaac, son of Rahmin Meimoun, and his wife Reine, daughter of Jacob Curiel. The most famous bearer of the Jewish family name Ben Maimon was the Spanish-born Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages, Moshe Ben Maimon (1135-1204), also known as Rambam and Maimonides. In Arabic, his name was Musa Ibn Maimun. In the 19th century, Jacob Maymon (died 1849) was a rabbi in Tripoli, Libya.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Maimon is the Arabic for "fortunate/lucky/happy". In Catalonia, Spain, the term means "calm/slow". The nickname has produced several Jewish family names, among them Ben Maimon, Meimun, Meimoun, Meimouni, Mimoun, Mimoune, Mimouni, Maymon and Maimo. In the mid 11th century, Ben Maimon is documented as a Jewish surname in North Africa. In the 19th century, Meimoun is recorded as a Jewish family name in a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated June 3, 1857, of Isaac, son of Rahmin Meimoun, and his wife Reine, daughter of Jacob Curiel. The most famous bearer of the Jewish family name Ben Maimon was the Spanish-born Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages, Moshe Ben Maimon (1135-1204), also known as Rambam and Maimonides. In Arabic, his name was Musa Ibn Maimun. In the 19th century, Jacob Maymon (died 1849) was a rabbi in Tripoli, Libya.