Arabian Name Guide:
Before 2002
"Family" names occasionally found Prefixes are rare No more than 17 characters (including spaces) No more than 3 separate words No numerals (Roman or Arabic) No Sr. or Jr. After 2002 No more than 21 characters (including spaces) No more than 4 separate words No prefixes or suffixes No numerals (Roman or Arabic) No Sr. or Jr. No horse will be registered by a name which has exactly the same spelling as a name already registered No Punctuation, apostrophes, and diacritical markings or symbols may not be used. The only valid characters are capital letters A through Z, dash and space. |
England-bred
Often have two word names including a descriptive adjective and a noun Egyptian-bred Usually have longer Arabic names w/ 2-3 words Ibn (son of), bint (daughter of), bint bint (granddaughter of) sometimes used Poland-bred Often given one word names in language of country of origin Tend to be named with first letter of dam's name Russian-bred Often given one word names in language of country of origin Customarily start with first letter of dam's name Spain-bred Often given one word names in language of country of origin United States Names limited to 17 spaces |