ALMU'ALLIM Origin of surname
MUALEM, MUALLIM, MOALEM, ALMAALEM, ALMUALLIM
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 an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade). They also derive from Jewish communal functionaries or titles.
Mualem is Arabic for "teacher, scholar or rabbi", and as a family name it is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew Melamed. The teacher/rabbi played an important role in the Jewish community life, maintaining the Jewish tradition by teaching Hebrew and Torah. Moalem was the title of heads of Jewish communities in Syria and Iraq, equivalent to Naguid or Cheikh in Morocco. In the 18th century, Moalem is recorded as a family name in Meknes, Morocco, with Shimon Moalem, son of Itshak, mentioned in Rabbi Yossef Messas 's book 'Le Tresor des Lettres' and is said to have lived in Meknes in the first half of the 18th century. Mualem is recorded as a Jewish family name in a list of Jewish Yemenite families, made by Rabbi Shalom Gamliel, who was sent from Israel to Aden in 1949 to assist in the organization of the mass aliya from Yemen. Other related family names: Mukari, Mori. A family called Mualem, who came to Israel from Yemen during the 1950s, changed its name to Melamed. Another Mualem family changed its name to Gamliel.
Distinguished bearers of the family name Muallim include the 18th century leader of the Jewish community of Mardin in Kurdistan, Nasi Muallim Moses.
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 an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade). They also derive from Jewish communal functionaries or titles.
Mualem is Arabic for "teacher, scholar or rabbi", and as a family name it is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew Melamed. The teacher/rabbi played an important role in the Jewish community life, maintaining the Jewish tradition by teaching Hebrew and Torah. Moalem was the title of heads of Jewish communities in Syria and Iraq, equivalent to Naguid or Cheikh in Morocco. In the 18th century, Moalem is recorded as a family name in Meknes, Morocco, with Shimon Moalem, son of Itshak, mentioned in Rabbi Yossef Messas 's book 'Le Tresor des Lettres' and is said to have lived in Meknes in the first half of the 18th century. Mualem is recorded as a Jewish family name in a list of Jewish Yemenite families, made by Rabbi Shalom Gamliel, who was sent from Israel to Aden in 1949 to assist in the organization of the mass aliya from Yemen. Other related family names: Mukari, Mori. A family called Mualem, who came to Israel from Yemen during the 1950s, changed its name to Melamed. Another Mualem family changed its name to Gamliel.
Distinguished bearers of the family name Muallim include the 18th century leader of the Jewish community of Mardin in Kurdistan, Nasi Muallim Moses.