Where dose the last name of zidane or zeidan come from?what dose it mean?

Question

terry thanks so much for going above and beyond... u get the 10 pints

Answer 1

im not sure what it means but its probably Arabic, or French, since he is a decendant of Algerian immigrants in France.

Answer 2

check the movie   El CID with charlton heston  maybe help you a little

Answer 3

I believe it means "Watch out, I am going to head-butt you in the chest!"

Answer 4

I checked Ancestry, they show no origin or meaning for either spelling, unfortunately.

They do show 3 families with the Zeidan surname in the USA in each of these years: 1840, 1880, 1920.  Nebraska, Iowa, and Pennsylvania are the locations.

They show no families with Zidane as the last name.

I looked at one of the census records, John Zeidan appears to have been born in Galicia (Spain).

Wish I could have helped more!

Answer 5

Um, just one correction. John Zeidan was from Galicia Poland. You can pull up his records for free at http://www.ellisisland.org It is a completely free site, though you may need to register (still free) to view the passenger films.