Nahla is a feminine given name of multiple origins.
The name is of Arabic and African origin meaning ''first drink of water'' or ''water in the desert''. In
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
, it means ''stem, hollow reed''. In Swahili and other languages spoken in countries of Africa, it means ''queen'', ''lion'' and '' successful woman''.
Another variant is ''Nala''. This means 'gift' in Swahili.
A descendant of the Arabic, "Naħla" means Bee in the Maltese language.
Notable people with the given name, or its variants, include:
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Nahlah Ayed
Nahlah Ayed (Arabic: نهله عَايِد) is a Canadian journalist, who is currently the host of the academic documentary program ''Ideas'' on CBC Radio One and a reporter with CBC News. She was previously a foreign correspondent with the netw ...
, Canadian journalist
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Nahla Chahal
Nahla Chahal is a Lebanese writer, journalist, researcher and activist, born to an Iraqi mother and Lebanese father, who were both communist militants. She was one of the leaders of the Organization of Communist Action of Lebanon and a particip ...
, Iraqi-Lebanese journalist and activist
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Nala Damajanti Nala Damajanti was the stage name of a late 19th-century snake charmer who toured with P.T. Barnum's circus and performed at the famed Folies Bergère in Paris. French sources identify her as Emilie Poupon (1861–?) of Nantey, Jura (department), Ju ...
, snake charmer
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Nahla Mahmoud
Nahla Mahmoud (born 1986/7) is a Sudanese-born United Kingdom, British writer, ex-Muslim, secularist, environmentalist, and human rights activist, and spokesperson for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She's known for being vocal against rel ...
, Sudanese-British writer and activist
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Nahla El Fatiha Naili
Nahla El Fatiha Naili (in Arabic: نهلة الفاتحة نايلي, in Amazigh: Nahla El-Fatiḥa Naili, in Tifinagh: ⴻⵍ ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵃⴰ ⵏⴰⵉⵍⵉ, born 14 November 1986) is an Algerian sculptor.
Early life
Naili was born the d ...
, Algerian sculptor
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Nahla Ramadan
Nahla Ramadan Mohamed (Arabic: نهلة رمضان; born 4 April 1985 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian weightlifter and the pioneer of weightlifting in Egypt, Africa and the Arab world. She competed for Egypt at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 201 ...
, Egyptian weightlifter
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Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly ( ar, نهلة حسين الشالي, b. 1971/1972 – December 18, 2008) was a promoter of women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Women's League, the women's wing of the Kurdistan Communist Part ...
, Iraqi women's rights promoter
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Nahla Summers
Nahla Summers is an author and social campaigner. She has undertaken distance cycling challenges to draw attention to her mission of encouraging acts of kindness between strangers.
In 2014 Summers founded a social enterprise called ''Sunshine P ...
, social campaigner
Notable people with the surname include:
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June-Rose Nala
June-Rose Nala is a former South African trade unionist and academic.
Born in Durban, Nala worked at the Frame Group textile mill as a weaver. She became active in the wave of strikes in 1973, as the Durban Moment developed. In September, the N ...
, South African trade unionist and academic
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Babynamesmeaning of Nahla in German
Feminine given names
Arabic feminine given names
African feminine given names
Indian feminine given names