Nayef ( ar, نايف) is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Nayef Aguerd Nayef Aguerd ( ar, نايف أكرد; ber, ⵏⴰⵢⴼ ⴰⴳⵕⴹ; born 30 March 1996) is a Moroccan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for Premier League club ...

(born 1996), Moroccan football player *

Nayef Hawatmeh Nayef Hawatmeh ( ar, نايف حواتمة, Nāyef Ḥawātmeh, Kunya: Abu an-Nuf) is a Jordanian politician who was active in the Palestinian political life. Hawatmeh hails from a Jordanian clan and is a practicing Greek Catholic. He is the ...

, founder of the

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; ar, الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, ''al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn'') is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organi ...

Nayef Mubarak Al Khater Nayef Al Khater (born May 10, 1978) is a Qatari football player. He currently plays for Al Wakrah as a defender. Biography He took part in the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, representing Qatar. He also represented the senior team from 2001 ...

, Qatari football player *

Nayef Rajoub Nayef Rajoub ( ar, نايف الرجوب, born 1958) was the Religious Affairs Minister of Palestine in the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority cabinet and beekeeper. He has been arrested five times by Israel and once by his brother Jibril Rajoub i ...

, Palestinian politician *

Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, ''Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 1934 – 16 June 2012) was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and deputy prime minister from October 2011 and the min ...

(1933–2012), Saudi royal *

Nayef bin Ahmed Al Saud Nayef bin Ahmed Al Saud (born 15 July 1965) is a member of Saudi royal family and a military official who was the head of land forces intelligence and security authority. He was detained in March 2020 together with other Saudi royals, including f ...

(born 1965), Saudi royal and security officer

Surname

Prince Asem bin Al Nayef Prince Asem bin Nayef ( ar, الأمير عاصم بن نايف; born 27 April 1948) is the son of Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (a younger son of Abdullah I of Jordan) and Princess Mihrimah Sultan (granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Em ...

, Jordanian prince *

Badr Salem Nayef Badr Salem Nayef (born Petar Tanev ( bg, Петър Танев); October 29, 1972 in Bulgaria), is a Qatari weightlifter. He is the 1999 world champion. One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,00 ...

, Qatari weightlifter * Talal Nayef, Kuwaiti footballer

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