Imam Family History
Imam Name Meaning
Muslim: status name from Arabic imām literally ‘one who leads the way’ an honorific title for one who leads prayers in a mosque also applied to the founders of Islamic law schools. Among Shiite Muslims the title imām is applied to the spiritual leaders descended from Fatima daughter of the prophet Muhammad and her husband Ali the fourth and last of the ‘rightly guided’ caliphs (see Ali ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022