Dabbas (surname)

Dabbas (also anglicized as Debbas; دَبَّاس) is an Arabic-language surname from the word دَبَّاس (dabbās) meaning 'maker or seller of دِبْس (dibs, '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