Ravil or Rawil ( tt-Cyrl, Равил; the feminine form is Равиля ''Ravilya'') is a given name widespread among the Tatars and Bashkirs. The origin of the name remains uncertain. According to one version, it is derived from the Hebrew name
Reuel
Reuel or Raguel (; Edomite: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋, ''RʿʾL''), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically " El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.
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(רְעוּאֵל) meaning "friend of God", whereas in the Tatar language it has three different meanings: "young man", "wanderer" or "traveler", and "the spring sun".
The name may refer to:
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Ravil Aryapov
Ravil Velimukhamedovich Aryapov (russian: Равиль Велимухамедович Аряпов; born 1 February 1948, in Stavropol, now Tolyatti) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of July 2009, he is an assista ...
(born 1948), Russian association football manager and former player
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Ravil Fazleyev (born 1960), Russian former ice hockey defenceman
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Rawil Gaynetdin
Rawil Gaynutdin (born Ravil Ismagilovich Gaynutdinov, russian: Рави́ль Исмаги́лович Гайнутди́нов; tt-Cyrl, Равил Гайнетдин, Равил Исмәгыйл улы Гайнетдинев) born on August 25, ...
(born 1959), Grand Mufti of Russia
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Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955), Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, since 1996
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Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov (born 1962), Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to terrorism
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Ravil Gusmanov
Ravil Midekhatovich Gusmanov (russian: Равиль Мидехатович Гусманов, born July 25, 1972) is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger, formerly of Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinen ...
(born 1972), Russian ice hockey left winger
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Ravil Khabutdinov
Ravil Nezamovich Khabutdinov (russian: Равиль Незамович Хабутдинов; 15 December 1928 – 1 November 1997) was a weightlifter from Russia. He started training in weightlifting in 1948 while serving in the Soviet Army. In 1 ...
(1928–1997), Soviet weightlifter and Russian coach
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Ravil Manafov
Ravil Manafov (born 1988) is a Kazakhstani water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Kazakhstan men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6 ft 4 inches tall and was born in Alma-Ata
Almaty (; kk, ...
(born 1988), Kazakhstani water polo player
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Rawil Menzeleýew (born 1942), Soviet association football player and Turkmenistan manager
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Ravil Mingazov (born 1967), citizen of Russia and detainee in the US Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba
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Ravil Nachaev
Ravil Nachaev (also ''Ravil Nagayev'', rus, Равиль Начаев; born June 17, 1974 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and ...
(born 1974), Uzbek former swimmer
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Ravil Netfullin (born 1993), Russian association football player
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Ravil Sabitov (born 1968), Russian association football manager and former player
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Ravil Safiullin
Ravil Safiullin ( uk, Сафіуллін Равіль Сафович; born February 4, 1955, in Makiivka) was Ukraine's Minister of Youth and Sports.
Biography
Ravil Safiullin was born in a Tatar family. Prior to his ministerial position, Safi ...
(born 1955), Ukrainian businessman and politician
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Ravil Tagir (born 2003), Turkish association football player
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Ravil Umyarov (born 1962), Russian association football manager and former player
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Ravil Valiyev (born 1966), Soviet and Russian association football player
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