Pls tell me if this Personal name has any meaning to it.

"Abu" is a prefix meaning "son of".

The phrase would be "Son of Mazen."

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Thank you very much. So Abu Mazen means son of Mazen much in the same way bin Laden does. Is that right?

Yes.

According to Webster's New International Dictionary (unabridged, 2nd),
"Abu" [prev.Rom.sp. "Abou"] means, literally, "father" in Arabic.
It is the first element in many Arabic male proper names.

Also, according to this source, in the ancient Babylonian religion, "Abu" was the name of "a Sumerian deity identical with Ninurta".

[see also OED; the word is not listed in Merriam-Webster's unabridged, 3rd, although there are 5 names listed beginning with "Abu"]

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According to a number of online dictionary sources, "Abu" is a (contemporary) Arabic term meaning "father of".

see:

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Abu+(Arabic+term)

http://www.answers.com/topic/abu-arabic-term?method=5&linktext=Abu

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu

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According to another online source: "Abu" is supposed to be an historical Arabic word for a "holy man or saint" from any religion - said to be used now mostly by archaeologists. According to this source: "Arabs of today use the word as a slang term to describe the head of a family or father of children".

see: http://www.touregypt.net/abu.htm

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Noddy -It would be simpler if you were right, but unfortunately not. Sorry.

Thank you very much, Harris. It's an important corrrection. I will correct my translation right away.
All the best
Fansy

HZ--

I stand corrected. Thank you.

Please let it be noted that Webster's dictionaries, in genearal, has no purpose beyond general elementary definitions.

Case in point: "All right" is misspelled; "alright" is not a word in the English language.