Dabbas (surname) explained
Dabbas (also anglicized as Debbas; Arabic: دَبَّاس|translit=Dabbās) is an Arabic-language surname from the word Arabic: دَبَّاس meaning 'maker or seller of Arabic: دِبْس ('syrup, molasses')'. Notable people with the surname include:
- Athanasius II Dabbas (1552-1619), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1612-1619)
- Cyril IV Dabbas (1560–1627), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch claimant who contended with Ignatius III Atiyah
- Athanasius III Dabbas (1647–1724), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1685-1696 and 1720–1724)
- Sylvester I Dabbas, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (after 1724 split) (1724–1766)
- Mohammad Dabbas (1927–2014), Jordanian politician
- Charles Debbas (1884–1935), Eastern Orthodox Lebanese political figure
- J. Abdo Debbas, Ottoman Greek who served as American vice-consul at Tarsus
- Ralph Debbas (born 1987), Lebanese automotive entrepreneur, designer, and businessman
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