Nawfal ( ar, نوفل) is an
Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid
Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad was one of the non-Muslims who interacted with the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Biography
Nawfal was the son of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and hence a paternal brother of Khadijah. His mother, known only as "Al-Adawiya", was f ...
, Non-muslim who interacted with prophet Muhammad
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Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf
Nawfal ibn Abd al-Manaf ( ar, نوفل بن عبدالمناف) was the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, and the progenitor of the Banu Nawfal
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, Progenitor of the Banu Nawfal
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Waraqah ibn Nawfal
Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusayy Al-Qurashi (Arabic ) was the paternal first cousin of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was considered to be a hanif, who practised the pure form o ...
, Muhammad's cousin
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Arabic masculine given names
Arabic-language surnames