Himsi (Arabic: حِمْصي / ALA-LC: Ḥimṣī) or Homsi (Levantine Arabic: حُمْصي / Ḥomṣi) is an Arabic locational surname, nisba, which means a person from Homs, Syria or those who traded with the residents of Homs, Syria. 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.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Akram al-Homsi, Jordanian politician
- Edmond Al-Homsi (1901–1972), Syrian politician
- Ibn Na'ima al-Himsi (9th century), Syrian translator
- Majd Homsi (born 1982), Syrian footballer
- Qustaki al-Himsi (1858–1941), Syrian writer
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