Ghattas
Ghattas (Arabic: غطاس), sometimes rendered as Gattas or Gattaz, is a name usually borne by Arab Christians from the Middle East. It is derived from the Arabic verb meaning "to submerge in water (or another liquid)",[1] most often encountered as a name among Egyptian Copts and Lebanese Christians with the meaning of "baptism".[2]
It may refer to:
First name
[edit]- Ghattas Hazim (born 1963), Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan of Baghdad, Kuwait and Dependencies, since 2014
Surname
[edit]- 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.
- 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-[3]Chilean football player
- Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920–2009), cleric of the Coptic Catholic Church. Patriarch of Alexandria from 1986 to 2006.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Is it correct that ghattas means diver? Is there another Arabic word with similar meaning?, accessed 18 March 2019
- ^ Ghattas surname - meaning, origin & distribution, on Forebears, accessed 18 March 2019
- ^ Palestine's Depth Chart (Forwards), 6 December 2016, accessed 18 March 2019
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