The meaning of names among Mediterranean Jews

Marc Eliany ?

ALLOUCHE
LALOUCHE
LELLOUCHE, Lelouch

among other possible variations depending on the country and language of the person.

The root of the name may be ‘louch’ in Arabic.
Al, La, Lel ‘louch’ may be an Arab name refering to an unknown meaning.

Prefixes attached to the root name such as (aben, iben, abe, abi, abou, aboul, avi, am, ben, bin, abou, a, aj, al, af, aff, bel, even, ha, i, la, lel, me, m, o, wi, vi, ) denotes usually a relation to a person, i.e., the father of or the son of X, a place, i.e., a person from X, an occupation, i.e., a person who practices a specific occupation, a characteristic of a person, i.e., beautiful… The prefixes al, el are equivalent to ‘the’ in English or the article ‘le’ in French. In the Moroccan Berbers tradition, prefixes such as ‘wi’ ‘vi’ ‘i’ means usually a family relationship to X, the equivalent of Abu in Arabic, i.e., ‘the father of’, ‘son of’ a man, a tribal affiliation and so forth.In the Hebrew tradition, the prefix ‘M ‘ is an abbreviation of the word ‘from.’

Complex prefixes such as ‘Ab e’ in the name Ab E Rgel consist of two elements Ab=father and E=the.
Complex prefixes such as ‘BarHa’ in the name BarHaNess consist of two elements Bar=son and Ha=the.

Suffixes such as ‘an’ or ‘in’ denote affiliation or a characteristic in Aramaec.
Suffixes such as ‘a’ characterize ancient Hebrew names, i.e., AviHatsir’a’
Suffixes such as oulah, oulay, ilah, ily, el, eli are used in Hebrew and Arabic to associate a name with God’ blessing.
Suffixes such as ‘i’ or ‘ri’ ‘ti’ refer to an association with a person or a location, for example: arditi= from ardou or ard.
Suffixes such as ‘illo’ ‘ano’ ‘ino’ ‘nino’ are used in Spain and Italy to indicate descendence or association with an attribute.
Suffixes such as ‘yah’, ‘yahu’ ‘hu’ are used in Hebrew to denote God’s benediction, for example: aviyah, aviyahu, avihu…
Suffixes such as ‘oun’ ‘on’ ‘yout’ ‘out’ characterize adjectives in Hebrew, for example: Hayoun, hayout…

ALLOUCHE F?lix Nissim Saidou (1910-1978). Tunisia. Journalist. Editor of Jewish and Zionist papers.
ALLOUCHE Jean-Luc (XXes.). Algeria. Journalist in France. Author of Jours innocents (Innocent days) and Juifs d?Alg?rie (Jews of Algeria).
ALLOUCHE Guy (1939-). Algeria. Politician representing the socialist party in the French senate.
ALLOUCHE Sidi Bahi (XIXes.). Algeria. Judge in Constantine.
ALLOUCHE-BENAYOUN Jo?lle (XXes.). Algeria. Sociologist in France. Author of Juifs d?Alg?rie d?hier et d?aujourd?hui (Algerian Jews, yesterday and today). LALOUCHE Gaby (XXes.). Algeria. Mayor and politician in Dimona, Israel.
LELLOUCHE Jules (XXes.). Tunisia. Painter of reputation between WWI and WWII.
LELLOUCHE Ofer (1947-). Tunisia. Painter.
Lelouch Claude (1937-). France. Algerian descent. Prolific film maker and producer. Known for the film Un homme et une femme (A man and a woman).
LELLOUCHE Pierre (1951-). Tunisia. Political scientist. Journalist. Author of Le mill?naire de l?apocalypse (the millenium of the apocalypse)

References:

Azoulay, Hayim Yossef Shem Hagdolim (the names of the great)

AZOULAY Ha?m Yossef David (Hida) (1724-1807) Ch?m hagu?dolim va?ad lahakhamim (The names of the Great Council of Sages).

Levi, J et. al. 2000        Dictionnaire biographique du monde Juif Sepharade et Mediteranean, Editions Elysee, Montreal.

Toledano, J. 1983        La saga des familles, Les juifs du Maroc et leurs noms, Editions Stavit, Tel Aviv

Laredo A. 1978           Les noms des juifs au Maroc (Madrid, 1978)