Khawlah or Khawla () is a feminine
Arabic
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given name
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, meaning "female deer." Notable people named Khawlah or Khawla include:
Khawlah
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Khawlah bint Ja'far
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Khawlah bint Hakim
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Khawla bint Tha'labah Khawlah bint Tha'labah () Khawla (b. Malik) bint Tha'laba b. Asram b. Fihr b. Qays b. Tha'laba b. Ghanm b. Salm b. 'Auf was a woman in Arabia and one of the disciples (Sahaba) of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. She is mentioned in the Quran in refer ...
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Khawlah bint al-Azwar
Khawla bint al-Azwar (; died 639), was a Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate. She played a major role in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, and fought alongside her brother Dhiraar. She has been described as one of the greate ...
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Zainab Khawla
Khawla
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Khawla Al Kuraya, Saudi physician and cancer specialist
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Khawla al-Qazwini, Kuwaiti novelist
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Khawla Hamdan al-Zahiri (born 1969), Omani short story writer
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Khawla Armouti, Jordanian politician and the Minister of Social Development
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Khawla Dunia, Syrian writer, researcher and humanitarian aid and relief organizer
See also
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Arabic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
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Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names