Aboulker

Aboulker is a Jewish surname, historically mainly existing in Algiers.

The Aboulker family of Algiers originated in Spain. The name appears for the first time in the twelfth century as Ibn Pulguer in Toledo. In Arabic, Abū ʾl-Khayr is a kunya (nickname) meaning a good or fortunate man. In Portuguese, it could have morphed into Abulquerque. In French, it became Aboulker. Over the centuries the family included numerous scholars, rabbis, merchants, and physicians. A street in Algiers was named 'Rue du Dr Charles Aboulker'.

Notable people with the surname include:

Isabelle Aboulker (born 1938), French composer
José Aboulker (1920–2009), French resistance fighter and politician
Marcel Aboulker (1905–1952), French screenwriter and film director.

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