BEN GUIGUI Origin of surname
GUIGUI, BEN GUIGUI, BAR GUIGUI, BEN GIGI
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
The surname Guigui is recorded as a Jewish family name in North Africa. It is associated with the Berber tribe of Guig in Chighaia, in the Atlas mountains, near Marrakech, Morocco. The Hebrew Ben means "son of". According to a tradition delivered by Rabbi Joseph Messas, based on Hebrew numerology, the sum of the Hebrew letters of the surname Gigi is 26, equal to the sum of God's name (26). Hence the name was given as a title to a family whose fortunes were good. The name (and variants) is recorded as a Jewish family name in the following cases: Yehoshua Ben David Guigui was chief rabbi of Taza, Morocco, in the 18th century; Isaac Guigui was a rabbi in Fez, Morocco, in the 19th century; Yehoshaphat Guigui was a rabbi in Tangiers, Morocco, in 1830; Eliahu Benguigui (1870-1930) was a rabbi in Saida, Algiers, author of 'Sepher Kol Zeakat Ha-Ro'amim', published in Tunis. In the 20th century, Guigui was found as a Jewish family name especially in Meknes, Fez, Tetouan, Tangiers and Casablanca, Morocco.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
The surname Guigui is recorded as a Jewish family name in North Africa. It is associated with the Berber tribe of Guig in Chighaia, in the Atlas mountains, near Marrakech, Morocco. The Hebrew Ben means "son of". According to a tradition delivered by Rabbi Joseph Messas, based on Hebrew numerology, the sum of the Hebrew letters of the surname Gigi is 26, equal to the sum of God's name (26). Hence the name was given as a title to a family whose fortunes were good. The name (and variants) is recorded as a Jewish family name in the following cases: Yehoshua Ben David Guigui was chief rabbi of Taza, Morocco, in the 18th century; Isaac Guigui was a rabbi in Fez, Morocco, in the 19th century; Yehoshaphat Guigui was a rabbi in Tangiers, Morocco, in 1830; Eliahu Benguigui (1870-1930) was a rabbi in Saida, Algiers, author of 'Sepher Kol Zeakat Ha-Ro'amim', published in Tunis. In the 20th century, Guigui was found as a Jewish family name especially in Meknes, Fez, Tetouan, Tangiers and Casablanca, Morocco.