Algeria Baby Names With Meanings

Algerians are descendants from the Berbers, who are the indigenous ethnic group of Algeria. Elements from the Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks as well as other ethnic groups have contributed to the ethnic makeup of Algeria. 

The Phoenicians founded Algiers as one of their numerous North African colonies. The Arab population of Algeria is a result of the inflow of sedentary and nomadic Arab tribes from Arabia since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century with a major wave in the 11th century. 

The majority of Algerians identify with an Arab-based identity due to the 20th century Arab nationalism. The territory now comprising Algeria was ruled by various Arab-Amazigh dynasties from the 8th through the 16th century, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire.