Kaddouri Explained

Kaddouri
Region:	Iraq (Baghdad), Arabic surname found among Muslims and Jews (Jewish variant spelled "Kedourie")
Language origin:	Arabic

Kaddouri (ar|خضوري, derived from "green", akhdar in Arabic; he|כדורי (transliterated; does not mean green, which would be ירוק, yarok)) and many other transliterations, is an Arabic surname. People with the surname include:

• Badr El Kaddouri (born 1981), Moroccan footballer
• Elie Kedourie (1926–1992), British historian
• Majid Khadduri (1909-2007), Iraqi academic
• Omar El Kaddouri (born 1990), Belgian footballer
• Sylvia Kedourie (1925–2016), British historian

Others

• Kadoorie family, Jewish family originally from Baghdad, then Bombay, Shanghai, and finally Hong Kong
  • Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
    • Kadoorie Agricultural High School and youth village in Israel, founded by Sir Ellis Kadoorie
    • Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, the Arab twin institution of the Jewish Kadoorie Agricultural School
  • Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman
  • Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (1899–1993), industrialist, hotelier
  • Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
    • Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, a farm and bontanic garden in Hong Kong established by Lawrence and Horace Kadoorie.
  • Michael Kadoorie (b. 1941), businessman and philanthropist
• Yitzhak Kaduri (died 2006), Haredi (Ultra Orthodox) rabbi and kabbalist