Al-Kindi (surname)

Al-Kindi (Arabic: الكندي) indicates affiliation with the Arabian Kinda tribe. Yemen is the country where the surname Al-Kindi (Russian: Аль-кинди) is most commonly found.

People with the surname include:

• Hujr ibn 'Adi al-Kindi, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Ali.
• Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, known as "the Philosopher of the Arabs", was a Muslim scientist, philosopher, mathematician, physician, and musician.
• Miqdad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• Raja Ibn Haywah al-Kindi: Islamic jurist and Arabic calligraphist.
• Zaynab bint ʿUmar b. al-Kindī, woman hadith scholar, teacher of Al-Dhahabi.
• Abd al-Masih ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, Christian theologian.
• Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi, Egyptian historian.
• Alkindi (fencer), an Indonesian Olympic fencer.