Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by
Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...
and
Christians
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
alike. It may also be transliterated as
Nasralla
Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasralla ...
,
Nasrollah
Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrallah ...
,
Nasrullah, and
Al-Nasrallah
Dana or Danah Al-Nasrallah (born 7 March 1988) is Kuwaiti female track and field athlete competing in sprint (running), sprinting events. In 2004, she became the first Kuwaiti female Olympic competitor.
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. Bearing the surname often indicates that the family adopted the name Nasrallah from one of its
patrilineal
Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...
ancestors.
Notable persons
Notable persons with the name Nasrallah and its variants include:
United States
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Nasrallah Onea "Naz" Worthen (born 1966),
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
wide receiver
Egypt
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Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah ( ar, يسرى نصر الله ) (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director.
Biography
Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Fo ...
(born 1952), Egyptian film director
Honduras
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Salvador Nasralla
Salvador Alejandro César Nasralla Salum (born 30 January 1953) is a Honduran sports journalist, television presenter, businessman, and politician who has served as the First Vice President of Honduras since 27 January 2022.
He is the pres ...
(born 1953), Honduran media personality, TV presenter, politician, founder of Honduran Anti-Corruption Party
Iraq
In Iraq, the most notable family to carry the name is the Alid
Faizid family of Nasrallah from
Karbala
Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...
. However, there are other
Alid
The Alids are those who claim descent from the '' rāshidūn'' caliph and Imam ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (656–661)—cousin, son-in-law, and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad—through all his wives. The main branches are the (inc ...
and non-Alid families that carry the name, that come from
Hindiyah,
Hillah
Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province a ...
, and
Nasiriyah
Nasiriyah ( ar, ٱلنَّاصِرِيَّة; United States Board on Geographic Names, BGN: ''An Nāşirīyah''; also spelled ''Nassiriya'' or ''Nasiriya'') is a city in Iraq. It is on the lower Euphrates River, Euphrates, about south-southeas ...
.
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Nasrallah al-Haeri (1696–1746), Iraqi scholar and poet
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Abdul Sahib Nasrallah (born 1951), Iraqi author and custodian of
Imam Husayn Shrine
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Aref Nasrallah (born 1958), Iraqi social activist and philanthropist
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Hashem Nasrallah (1923–1997), Iraqi businessman and chairman of Karbala's chamber of commerce
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Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah ( ar, حسن نصر الله ; born 31 August 1960) is a Lebanese cleric and political leader who has served as the 3rd secretary-general of Hezbollah since his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was assassinated by the Israel Def ...
(1881–1959), Iraqi nobleman, activist, and businessman
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Jawad Nasrallah
Sayyid Jawad Kadhim Nasrallah (; died January 2, 1808) was an Iraqi nobleman that served as the 21st custodian of the Imam Husayn shrine from 1802 until 1808.
Biography
Nasrallah was born c. 1725 to Kadhim Nasrallah. His grandfather Nasrallah ...
(d. 1808), Iraqi nobleman and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine
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Mohammed Hussain Nasrallah
Sayyid Muhammad-Husayn Muhammad-Ali Nasrallah (; born May 17, 1951) is an Iraqi judge, prosecutor, and served as the president of Court of Appeal for four different Iraqi provinces. He retired in May 2014. He is currently a Law Representative fo ...
(born 1951), Iraqi judge and prosecutor
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Murtadha Nasrallah
Murtadha Nasir Nasrallah (; 1922–2005) was an Iraqi doctor of law, he worked as a professor at the University of Baghdad's business school. He was a celebrated author, writing some of the leading books on corporation law.
Early life and educ ...
(1922–2005), Iraqi law professor
Iran
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Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah, Persian poet, statesman and vizier
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Moein (singer), Iranian Singer
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Nasrallah Shah-Abadi, Iranian Shia Cleric, Politician
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Nasrollah Jahangard
Nasrollah Jahangard (born 1958 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician currently serving as the deputy minister of ICT in Technology and Innovation.
In October 2000, Jahangard was nominated for Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone but legisla ...
, Iranian Politician
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Nasrollah Pejmanfar
Nasrollah Pejmanfar ( fa, نصرالله پژمانفر) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative politician who represents Mashhad and Kalat electoral district in the Parliament of Iran since 2012.
He is member of the Front of Islamic Re ...
, Iranian Shia Cleric, Politician
Kazakhstan
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Nauryzbai Batyr
Nasrullah Nauryzbai Kutpanbetuly Bahadur (, , romanized: ''Nasrūllah Nauryzbai Qūtpanbetūly Bahadür''), also known as Nauryzbai Bahadur or Nauryzbai Batyr (1706-1781) was a Kazakh war hero known for fighting against the Dzungars in the Dzhunga ...
Kuwait
In Kuwait, the most notable family to carry the name is known as the family of Al-Nasrallah. They trace back to the
Anazzah
Anizah or Anazah ( ar, عنزة, ʻanizah, Najdi pronunciation: ) is an Arabian tribe in the Arabian Peninsula, Upper Mesopotamia, and the Levant.
Genealogy and origins
Anizah's existence as an autonomous tribal group, like many prominent m ...
tribe, and migrated from
Sudair. They reside mainly in
Jiblah and
Jahrah.
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Danah Al-Nasrallah
Dana or Danah Al-Nasrallah (born 7 March 1988) is Kuwaiti female track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place ...
(born 1988), Kuwaiti female track and field athlete
Lebanon
In Lebanon, the name can be found in Shia, Sunni, Druze, and Christian families all across Lebanon, and they trace back to
Sednayah,
Hauran
The Hauran ( ar, حَوْرَان, ''Ḥawrān''; also spelled ''Hawran'' or ''Houran'') is a region that spans parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan. It is bound in the north by the Ghouta oasis, eastwards by the al-Safa (Syria), al-Safa ...
and
Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
.
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Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1923–1997), Lebanese
patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body
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Emily Nasrallah
Emily Daoud Nasrallah ( ar, إيميلي داود نصر الله) ('' née'' Abi Rached; 6 July 1931 – 13 March 2018) was a Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.
She graduated from the Beirut College for Women (now the Lebanese Ameri ...
(1931–2018), Lebanese writer and women's rights activist
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Hassan Nasrallah (born 1960), Secretary General of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah
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Hassan Nasrallah (born 1982), Lebanese footballer
Mexico
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Jesús Nader Nasrallah
Jesús Antonio Nader Nasrallah (born 2 May 1959) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party, currently serving as the mayor of Tampico, Tamaulipas
Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tama ...
(born 1959), Mexican politician
Pakistan
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Nasrullah Khan (footballer)
Nasrullah Khan (born 1 March 1985) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a midfielder.
International career
Khan was first called by the Pakistan under 23 national team for the 2006 South Asian Games held in Colombo, where he helped ...
(born 1985), Pakistani football midfielder
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Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi, 16th-century Muslim geographer and historian
Palestine
In Palestine, it is believed that the Nasrallah family traces back to either the one that originated in the Levant (North Syria and Rif-Dimashq), or in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen). They reside mainly in
Qaqun.
* Adel Gharib Nasrallah, birth name of
Eddie Nash
Eddie Nash (April 3, 1929 – August 9, 2014) was an American nightclub owner and restaurateur in Los Angeles, as well as a convicted money launderer and drug dealer. Nash was allegedly the mastermind behind the Wonderland Murders, but was nev ...
(1929–2014), Palestinian-American convicted gangster and drug dealer
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Ibrahim Nasrallah (born 1954), Jordanian-Palestinian poet
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