The four-part name, made simple
Take the name Ahmed Khalid Hassan Al-Rashid. Ahmed is you. Khalid is your father. Hassan is your grandfather. Al-Rashid is your family. A Jordanian record may carry all four, while your passport may only say Ahmed Al-Rashid.
That is normal, and it is the same person. We translate the full name exactly as written, then add a short translator’s note showing how it lines up with your passport. We never trim a name to make it look tidier — dropping Khalid and Hassan would change what your document says, and a certified translation must say exactly what the original says.
“bin”, “bint” and “Al”
Some names include bin or ibn, meaning son of, or bint, meaning daughter of. “Al” at the start of a family name is sometimes joined, sometimes spaced and sometimes dropped altogether in English. We keep your passport’s version and explain the rest.
Mohammed, Muhammad or Mohamed?
All three are correct, and so are several others. There is no single rule for writing Arabic names in English letters, so each country’s passport office picks its own. We always follow the spelling on your passport, because that is what every other document in your file will be checked against, from your Arabic birth certificate to your visa.
Even Iraq’s own foreign ministry will not accept a certificate whose names differ from the person’s civil status card. Consistency matters there as much as it does here. If your spouse’s name also appears on a marriage record, our marriage certificate translation page covers how Arab marriage contracts are handled.