Habib ( ar, حبيب, ''ḥabīb''; ), sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word ‘''Habibi’'' which is used to refer to a friend or a significant other in the aspect of love or admiration''.'' The name is popular throughout the

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, though particularly in the

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and

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. In other countries, especially in

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and

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n countries such as

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

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and

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, it is an

honorific An honorific is a title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes, the term "honorific" is used in a more specific sense to refer to an honorary academic title. It ...

to address a Muslim scholar of

Sayyid ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamma ...

(a descendant of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

) families and where it is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad – حبيب الله '' Habib Allah'' (Habibullah/ Habiballah) - "Most Beloved of Allah (God)". Al-kaasib habib allah

The name, as is the case with other Arabic names, is not only confined to Muslims. Notable examples of Christian individuals named Habib include Habib the Deacon, Gabriel Habib and the Philosopher Habib. '' Habiba'' is the female equivalent.

Etymology

The name stem from the

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verb ''ḥabba'' (حَبَّ), meaning to "love", "admire, be fond of" Another variant which is used as a given name and adjective of the stem from that verb is "''maḥbūb''" (مَحْبُوب) meaning "well-beloved", commonly written as

Mahbub Mahbūb (also spelled Mahboob, or Mehboob, from Arabic: , passed to other languages such as ur, wikt:محبوب, محبوب is a masculine given name. Given name Mahboob *Maulana Mahboob Alam (1863–1933), founder of the daily Pakistani newspaper ...

, the female equivalent Mahbuba (Arabic: ''maḥbūbah'' مَحْبُوبَة). The

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

equivalent of the name is ''

Haviv Haviv (Hebrew: חָבִיב) is a Hebrew first name and last name meaning "darling" or "likeable". It is cognate to Arab Habib Habib ( ar, حبيب, ''ḥabīb''; ), sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surnam ...

'' (

: חָבִיב) used as both a first name and last name with the same meaning, "darling" or "likeable" in Hebrew.

Surname

Aftab Habib Aftab Habib (born 7 February 1972) is an English former international cricketer. Habib was formerly the Hong Kong national coach, having been appointed on a three-year contract, including Hong Kong's appearance in the 2008 Asia Cup in Pakist ...

, English cricket player *

Anwara Habib Anwara Habib ( – 27 May 2018) was a Bangladeshi politician from Tangail belonging to Bangladesh Nationalist Party. She was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. Biography Habib was a member of the central committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. S ...

, ''d.2018'', Bangladeshi politician *

Arif Habib Muhammad Arif Habib ( ur, ; b. 1953) is a Pakistani business magnate and stock market trader who is the founder of the Arif Habib Group. As of 2012, Arif Habib Group had 11,000 employees and annual revenue of Rs. 100 billion. He also serves as mem ...

, Pakistani businessman *

Brian Habib Brian Habib (born December 2, 1964) is a former professional American football player who played offensive lineman for 11 seasons for the Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, and Seattle Seahawks. With the Broncos, he won Super Bowl XXXII Sup ...

, American football player *

Cyrus Habib Kamyar Cyrus Habib, (born August 22, 1981) is an American Jesuit, politician, lawyer, and educator who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Washington from 2017 to 2021. As of the time of his departure from office, he was the first and only ...

, American Jesuit, politician *

Dina Powell Dina Powell, also known as Dina Powell McCormick (née Habib , ar, دينا حبيب; June 12, 1973) is an American financial executive, philanthropist, and political advisor, best known for having been the United States Deputy National Securit ...

''nee'' Habib, Egyptian-born American government official *

Irfan Habib Irfan Habib (born August 10, 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He identifies as a Marxist and is well known for his strong ...

, Indian historian *

Jawed Habib Jawed Habib (born 26 June 1963) is an Indian hairstylist, businessman and politician. Habib owns Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty Ltd., which operates across the country. Early life and background Habib's grandfather Nazir Ahmed served as the o ...

, Indian hairstylist and businessman *

Mamdouh Habib Mamdouh Habib (born 3 June 1955) is an Egyptian and Australian citizen with dual nationality, best known for having been held for more than three years by the United States as an enemy combatant, by both the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and ...

, Australian-Egyptian once held at Guantanamo Bay * Meyer Habib, French politician *

Philip Habib Philip Charles Habib (February 25, 1920 – May 25, 1992) was an American career diplomat active from 1949 to 1987. During his 30-year career as a Foreign Service Officer, he had mostly specialized in Asia. In 1968, he was working to prevent th ...

, ''d.1992'', American diplomat * Rafik Habib, Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician. *

Ralph Habib Ralph Habib (Paris, 29 June 1912 – Paris, 27 June 1969) was a French film director of Lebanese origin. He started his film career with Pathé. He later worked as assistant director notably Jean Dréville and Jean-Paul Le Chanois before directin ...

, ''d.1969'', French film director of Lebanese and Egyptian origin * Huzama Habayeb, Palestinian novelist, columnist and translator

Given name

Habib

* Habib The Deacon, Syriac Christian martyr * Habib (singer) (1947–2016), Iranian pop singer and songwriter * Habib Achour (1913–1999), Tunisian trade unionist * Habib Ben Ali (1941–1996), Tunisian criminal and brother of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali *

Habib Beye Habib Frédéric Beye (born 19 October 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the manager of Championnat National club Red Star. Born in France, he represented the Senegal national team. He is also a pundit ...

(born 1977), French-Senegalese footballer *

Habib Borjian Habib Borjian is a linguist who specializes in a wide variety of matters, including historical linguistics, language documentation, philology and Iranian languages and literature. He was educated at Columbia University, the University of Tehran and ...

, linguist * Habib Bourguiba (1903–2000), Tunisian politician *

Habib Bourguiba Jr. Habib Bourguiba Jr. ( ar, الحبيب بورقيبة الابن, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah al-Ibn; 9 April 1927 – 28 December 2009) was a Tunisians, Tunisian diplomat and politician. Biography Jean-Claude Habib Bourguiba was the son of Habib Bo ...

(1927–2009), Tunisian diplomat * Habib Dehghani (born 1983), Iranian footballer *

Habib Diallo Mouhamadou Habibou "Habib" Diallo (born 18 June 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and the Senegal national team. Club career Metz In the summer of 2015, Diallo was promoted to th ...

(born 1995), Senegalese professional footballer *

Habib Esfahani Habib Esfahani (born 1835/1251 - 1894/1311; fa, حبیب اصفهانی) was an Iranian poet, grammarian and translator, who spent much of his life in exile in Ottoman Turkey. Biography He was born in 1835 near Isfahan. He is also known as H ...

(1835-1983), Iranian poet, grammarian and translator *

Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri Ḥabīb ibn Maslama al-Fihrī ( ar, حبيب بن مسلمة الفهري; –) was an Arab general during the Early Muslim conquests, under Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan. Life Origin and career under Umar Born in Mecca , Habib was a member of the M ...

, 7th-century Arab general *

Habib Girgis Archdeacon Habib Qozman Mankarious Girgis (Habib Girgis : ar, القديس حبيب جرجس for ''"Beloved" George'' ; 1876 – 21 August 1951) was a modern-day dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria. He was the very first studen ...

(1876–1951) Egyptian Dean and Coptic Saint * Habib Habibou (born 1987), French footballer * Habib Jemli, Tunisian politician * Habib Kashani (born 1955), Iranian businessman *

Habib Koité Habib Koité ( bm, , Habib Kuwatɛ, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali. His band, Bamada, was a supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon ...

(born 1958), Malian musician *

Habib Nasib Nader Habib Nasib Nader (born 1979) is a British actor. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, having won Best Supporting Actor with a team of six others for operating and voicing the tiger in '' Life of Pi''. They are the first puppeteers to ...

(born 1979), British actor *

Habib Samaei Habib Samaei (, born 1905 – 11 July 1946), also written as Habib Somā'i, was an Iranian musician, santoor player and music teacher. He has been referred to as the "father of contemporary Iranian santoor playing". Biography Habib Samaei was ...

(1905–1946) Iranian musician *

Habib Wahid Habib Wahid (born 15 October 1979) is a Bangladeshi composer and singer. He works on modern pop music, EDM and a fusion of traditional Bengali folk music with contemporary techno and urban beats. His music is mainly influenced by British Ba ...

(born 1976), Bangladeshi composer and musician *

Habib Zargarpour Habib Zargarpour (born 9 March 1964) is an Iranian visual effects supervisor, computer graphics supervisor, art director and creative director. Zargarpour worked on the films ''Twister (1996 film), Twister'' (1996) and ''The Perfect Storm (fil ...

(born 1964), Iranian art director

Habeeb

* Habeeb Zain Arif (born 1973), Indian politician *

Habeeb Salloum Habeeb Salloum, M.S.M. (9 March 1924 – 4 December 2019) was a prominent Arab-Canadian author and freelance writer. Salloum centered his writings on Canada, travel, and the culinary arts, Arab and world history, with a specific focus on coo ...

, Arab-Canadian freelance writer

Khabib

* Khabib Allakhverdiev (born 1982), Russian boxer * Khabib Ilyaletdinov (born 1965), Russian footballer *

Khabib Nurmagomedov Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov av, ХIабиб ГӀабдулманапил НурмухӀамадов (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division of the Ultima ...

''"Habib Nur Muhammed"'' (born 1988), Russian Mixed Martial artist * Khabib Syukron (born 1988), Indonesian footballer

Other spellings containing the term

Honorific title

Habib Ali al-Jifri Habib Ali Zain al-Abidin al-Jifri ( ar, الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري; born 16 April 1971) is a Yemeni-born Sunni and Sufi Islamic scholar and spiritual educator located in the United Arab Emirates. He is the founder o ...

(born 1971), Islamic scholar * Habib Alwi bin Thahir al-Haddad, mufti of Johor Bahru * Habib Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad, a Muslim patron saint * Habib Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Muslim patron saint * Habib Ali bin Abdurrahman Alhabshi, a cleric and preacher * Habib Muhammad bin Ali bin Yahya, Mufti of

Kutai Kutai is a historical region in what is now known as East Kalimantan, Indonesia on the island of Borneo and is also the name of the native ethnic group of the region (known as ''Urang Kutai'' or "the Kutai people"), numbering around 300,000 w ...

* Habib Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya, Indonesian Islamic cleric *

Habib Munzir Al-Musawa Habib Munzir bin Fuad Al-Musawa ( ar, منذر المساوى '; February 23, 1973 – September 15, 2013) was an Indonesian Islamic cleric, teacher, da'i and founder of the Majelis Rasulullah religious organization. Early life Munzir was born ...

, Indonesian Islamic cleric *

Habib Umar bin Hafiz Habib Umar bin Hafiz ( ar-at, عمر بن حفيظ, Ḥabīb ʿUmar bin Ḥafīẓ; ; born 27 May 1963) is a Yemeni Sunni and Sufi Islamic scholar, teacher, and founder and dean of Dar al-Mustafa Islamic seminary. He also a member of the Suprem ...

al-Shaikh Abubakr, Islamic scholar * Habib Uthman bin Yahya, mufti of

Batavia Batavia may refer to: Historical places * Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands * Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...

Fictitious

* Habib Halal, fictitious character in Australian film ''

Fat Pizza ''Fat Pizza'' is a 2003 Australian comedy film based on the ''Pizza'' television series, both of which were created, produced, written and starred in by Paul Fenech. It was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and SBS Independent (uncredited). ...

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