Tijani

تجانيIn Arabic

Meaning

Of the Tijana, a Berber tribe near Tlemcen; also a follower of the Tijaniyya order

About the name

Ahmad al-Tijani (1737-1815), an Algerian sharif, founded the Tijaniyya Sufi order, now widespread in the Maghreb and West Africa. Wikipedia says his nisba comes from the Berber tribe Tijan or Tijana near Tlemcen, through a forefather who married a woman of that tribe.

For

A boy

Origin

Arabic

Other spellings

Tidiani, Tidjani, Tijane, Tijjani