What is Lamine Yamal's full surname pairing?

Lamine Yamal’s full surname pairing is Nasraoui Ebana. His complete name is Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana, with “Nasraoui Ebana” forming the two-part surname used in Spanish naming tradition.

Yamal was born on July 13, 2007, in Esplugues de Llobregat, in the Barcelona metropolitan area of Catalonia. His father, Mounir Nasraoui, is Moroccan, while his mother, Sheila Ebana, is from Equatorial Guinea. The two surnames reflect his parents’ family names: Nasraoui comes from his father and Ebana from his mother.

The name can look unfamiliar to readers accustomed to a single family name, and it is often shortened in football coverage to “Lamine Yamal” or simply “Yamal.” That shortening does not mean Nasraoui Ebana is incorrect or optional; it is the player’s surname pairing.

His given names are also distinctive. “Lamine Yamal” is a compound given name honoring two people who helped his family financially before he was born. In Spanish-language naming, the order of given names and surnames can therefore look different from naming systems used in many English-speaking countries.