Aït (name affix)

Aït ( Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ ) is a Berber name affix with the meaning "people of" and refers to the descent from a certain male ancestor . For example, the name Ait ʿAtta (one of the largest Amazigh (Berber) groups in southern Morocco ) refers to a male ancestor of the same name called ʿAtta. The Arabic equivalent of this isبنو / Banū

Personalities

• Hocine Aït Ahmed (1926–2015), Algerian politician
• Hamit Aït Bighrade (* 1976), Moroccan boxer
• Camel Aït Daoud (* 1985), Algerian rower
• Miloud Aït Hammi (* 1978), Moroccan boxer
• Mina Aït Hammou (* 1978), Moroccan athlete
• Seltana Aït Hammou (* 1980), Moroccan athlete
• Makhlouf Aït Hocine (* 1966), Algerian handball player
• Fadhma Aït Mansour (1882–1967), Algerian singer
• Ahmed Aït Moulay (* 1964), Moroccan ski racer
• Rayan Aït Nouri (* 2001), French football player
• Yacine Aït-Sahalia , French economist
• Souad Aït Salem (* 1979), Algerian long-distance runner
• Samir Aït Saïd (* 1989), French artistic gymnast
• Brahim Aït Sibrahim (* 1967), Moroccan ski racer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cynthia Becker: Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity, University of Texas Press, 2014, p. 3
2. ^ Leo Africanus: The History and Description of Africa: And of the Notable Things Therein Contained, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 381