Himsi ( / ) or Homsi (

Levantine Arabic Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (Endonym and exonym, autonym: or ), is an Varieties of Arabic, Arabic variety spoken in the Levant, namely in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and southern Turkey (historically only in Adana Prov ...

: حُمْصي / Ḥomṣi) is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

locational surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

, nisba, which means a person from

Homs Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

or those who traded with the residents of

. Lebanese people who carry this last name originally split from the Belish family in Zahle, Lebanon in the early 20th century. They are mostly Melkites.Abu Assali, Sarah. (2012)
"The Eye of the Beholder"
''Syria Today Magazine'', October 10. Retrieved on 25 January 2016. Notable people with the surname include: *

Akram al-Homsi Akram al-Homsi () is the Regional Secretary of the Jordanian Regional Command of the Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Jordanian branch of the Ba'ath Party. References

Living people Members of the Jordanian Regional Branch of the Ba ...

, Jordanian politician * Edmond Al-Homsi (1901–1972), Syrian politician * Ibn Na'ima al-Himsi (9th century), Syrian translator *

Majd Homsi Majd Homsi (, born 12 December 1982) is a Syrian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is a former member of the Syria national team. Club career Homsi was born in Aleppo, Syria. His career began in the youth system of A ...

(born 1982), Syrian footballer *

Qustaki al-Himsi Qustaki al-Himsi (, ; 1858–1941) was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement (the Arabic renaissance), a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first reformers of the traditional Arab ...

(1858–1941), Syrian writer

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