During French colonian times, it was officially called with its French name Maison Blanche (French pronunciation: ​), which meant the same thing as its current Arabic name: (the) white house.
在法国殖民时期，它被用其法语名Maison Blanche（法语发音：）称呼，其意“白房子”与现时之阿拉伯语名称相同。