Some of the names are fairly accurate transliterations from Arabic while others represent various degrees of accuracy of transliteration.

Some names are Anglicised versions or the Arabic orginal. Some settlers adopted nick or pet names while others adopted British or Irish names that had no similarity to their Arabic names. Other names were acquired for a variety of reasons. For instance, immigration officials may simply have bestowed what they thought someone's name should be!

The list is by no means complete and more are discovered as the history of the community is researched. If you know of others, let us to know, and we will include them here.