Nabīl or Nabeel ( ar, نبيل) is a male

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of Arabic origin, meaning "

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by Babylon The feminine version is

Nabila Nabila, and its variant spellings Nabeela, Nabillah, a Nabeelah, is the feminine variation of the given name Nabil, meaning ''noble''. Notable people with the name include: * Masuma Rahman Nabila, Bangladeshi film actress and model * Nabila Eb ...

, Nabeela, Nabilah, Nabseela or Nabeelah. The name Nabil has a similar meaning to the English given name Patrick.

People named Nabeel

Given name

* Nabeel Abbas (born 1986), Iraqi footballer * Nabeel Jabbour, author, lecturer, and expert on Muslim culture *

Nabeel Kassis Nabeel Kassis ( ar, نبيل قسيس), also transliterated as Nabil Kassis, Nabil Qasis, Nabeel Qassis, etc., is a Palestinian academic and politician from Ramallah. He was born 1945. Academic career Kassis studied in Germany and Lebanon, earning ...

(born 1945), Palestinian academic and politician * Nabeel Qureshi (author) (active from 2009), American Christian apologist *

Nabeel Qureshi (director) Nabeel Qureshi ( ur, ; born 1985) is a Pakistani film director, screenwriter and occasional singer best known for making movies that tackle socio economic issues. His debut feature film, '' Na Maloom Afraad'' (2014), where he won an award for ...

(born 1985), Pakistani film director *

Nabeel Rajab Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab ( ar, نبيل أحمد عبدالرسول رجب, born on 1 September 1964) is a Bahraini human rights activist and opposition leader. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch's Middle East ...

(born 1964), Bahraini human rights and opposition activist *

Nabeel Saleh Mubarak Nabeel Saleh Mubarak is a Bahraini modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event h ...

, Bahraini modern pentathlete *

Nabeel Shaukat Ali Nabeel Shaukat Ali (; born 29 August 1989) is a Pakistani singer. He was the winner of ''Sur Kshetra'', a singing talent show – the musical battle between teams of two neighboring countries: Pakistan and India aired simulcast on Geo TV, Sah ...

(born 1989), Pakistani singer * Nabeel Yasin (born 1950), Iraqi poet, journalist and political activist

Middle name

* Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib, Syrian politician

Family name

* Dada Nabeel (born 1989), Indian football player * Nasser Nabeel (born 1990), Qatari footballer

People named Nabil

Honorific *

Nabíl-i-Akbar Áqá Muḥammad-i-Qá'iní (also known as Fadil-i-Qa'ini ("Learned One of Qa'ín") and surnamed Nabíl-i-Akbar ( ar, ); ‎ 1829–1892) was a distinguished Baháʼí from the town of Qá'in. He is one of 19 Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh, and re ...

(1829–1892), one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh * Nabíl-i-A`zam (1831–1892), "the Great Nabíl", Bahá'í historian Given name * Nabil Abou-Harb (born 1984), American filmmaker, writer, producer * Nabil Abidallah (born 1982), Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent *

Nabil Abdul Rashid Mohamed Nasir Nabil Abdul Rashid bin Suleman Obineche, known as Nabil Abdulrashid (born 3 September 1985) is an English comedian of Nigerian descent. In 2010, at the age of 25, he became the youngest black comedian to perform stand-up at the Ham ...

(born 1987), English comedian of Nigerian descent. *

Nabil Adamou Nabil Adamou (born 8 April 1975) is a retired Algerian long jumper. At the 1995 African Junior Championships he won the triple jump and won the silver medal in the long jump. He won bronze medals in the long jump at the 2002 and 2004 Afric ...

(born 1975), Algerian long jumper *

Nabil Al-Garbi Nabil Mohammed Saghir Al-Garbi (born 3 November 1993 in Dhamar) is a retired Yemeni middle-distance runner. He finished twelfth in the 3000 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships. In the same year he competed at the 2009 World Cross Cou ...

(born 1993), Yemeni middle-distance runner *

Nabil Ali Nabil Ali Mohammed Abd AL Azeez (Arabic: نبيل علي) (3 January 1938 – 27 January 2016) was an Egyptian scientist, writer, and intellectual who worked in the field of natural language processing and computational linguistics. Ali is cons ...

(1938–2016), Egyptian scientist, writer, and thinker. *

Nabil Amr Nabil Amr ( ar, نبيل عمرو 1947) is a former information minister (2003) in the Palestinian National Authority, and previous ambassador in the USSR and Egypt. He was an outspoken critic of Yasser Arafat, especially regarding his behavior at ...

(born 1947), Palestinian politician *

Nabil Anani Nabil Anani ( ar, نبيل عناني born 1943), is a Palestinian artist and one of the founders of the contemporary Palestinian art movement. Biography After his graduation in 1969, from the faculty of Fine Arts at Alexandria University, An ...

(born 1943), Palestinian artist *

Nabil Ashoor Nabil Ashoor Ramadhan Bait Faraj Allah ( ar, نبيل عاشور رمضان بيت فرج الله; born 7 April 1982), commonly known as Nabil Ashoor, is an Omani footballer who plays for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in the Oman Professional League. Club c ...

(born 1982), Omani footballer *

Nabil Aslam Mohammad Nabil Aslam ( ur, ; born 3 August 1984) is a retired Pakistani footballer who played as a defender. A versatile defender, Aslam primarily is a centre back, although he is a capable full back on either side. Physically strong and com ...

(born 1984), Pakistani Danish footballer *

Nabil Ayad Nabil Ayad is an academic in the field of diplomacy and international governance. He is currently a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and an Associate Member of the London Dip ...

, founder of the

Diplomatic Academy of London The Diplomatic Academy of London (DAL), possibly also known as the London Academy of Diplomacy, is an institution that is not "recognised or "listed" (is Unaccredited institutions of higher education, unaccredited) in the United Kingdom. It says t ...

Nabil Ayers Nabil Ayers is an American music industry entrepreneur, author and musician. Ayers' debut memoir, ''My Life in the Sunshine,'' was published by Viking Press on June 7, 2022. The book focuses on Ayers' relationship with his father, the jazz mus ...

, American musician and entrepreneur *

Nabil Ayouch Nabil Ayouch (born 1 April 1969) is a Franco-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer. His films have screened at international film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival. Early life H ...

(born 1969), French-Moroccan television and film director, producer and writer * Nabil Sabio Azadi (born 1991), Iranian-New Zealand artist * Nabil Baalbaki (born 1978), Lebanese footballer * Nabil Bahoui (born 1991), Swedish footballer of Moroccan descent *

Nabil Ben Yadir Nabil Ben Yadir is a Belgian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Career Ben Yadir made his feature-length directorial debut in 2009 with ''The Barons'', which he also co-wrote with Laurent Brandenbourger and Sébastien Fernandez. The film was ...

, Moroccan-Belgian actor, film director and screenwriter *

Nabil Benabdallah Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah (born 3 June 1959) is a Moroccan politician who has served as Minister of Housing and Urbanism of Morocco since 2012, as part of the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Born in Rabat, Nabil Benabdallah started his career a ...

(born 1959), Moroccan politician and minister *

Nabil Bentaleb Nabil Bentaleb ( ar, نبيل بن طالب; born 24 November 1994) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Angers and the Algeria national team. Born in France, Bentaleb made his senior international ...

(born 1994), Algerian footballer *

Nabil Al Busaidi Nabil Al Busaidi (born 23 January 1970 in London, England) is an Omani adventurer. Al Busaidi is considered to be the first Arab to walk to the magnetic North Pole, to climb Mount Vinson in Antarctica, and to row across the Atlantic Ocean. He ...

(born 1970), British adventurer *

Nabil Choueiri Nabil Boutros Choueiri ( ar, نبيل بطرس شويري; born 1950) is a Lebanese former long-distance running athlete. He was the Lebanese record holder for over twenty years in the mile run, two miles, 3000 metres, and 3000 metres steeplecha ...

(born 1950), Lebanese long-distance running athlete * Nabil Crismatt (born 1994), Colombian baseball pitcher * Nabil Ejenavi (born 1994), Algerian footballer * Nabil El Zhar (born 1986), Moroccan footballer, currently with Levante F.C. *

Nabil Elaraby Nabil Elaraby (Arabic: نبيل العربي; born 15 March 1935) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was Secretary General of the Arab League from 1 July 2011 to 3 July 2016. Previously, he was Foreign Affairs Minister of Egypt in Ess ...

(born 1935), Egyptian diplomat and the Secretary-General of the Arab League *

Nabil Elderkin Nabil Elderkin is an American-born Australian film and music video director and photographer, who is of Iranian and American descent. He is mononymously credited as Nabil in his videos. Elderkin has directed videos for musical artists such as: ...

, Australian photographer, music video and film director of mixed American / Iranian origin *

Nabil El-Nayal Nabil El-Nayal, more commonly known as Nabil Nayal (born 1985 in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian-born United Kingdom, British fashion designer. He moved to England at the age of 14 and has since gone on to win awards including the Royal Society of Arts A ...

(born 1985), Syrian-born British fashion designer *

Nabil Elouahabi Nabil Elouahabi (born 6 February 1975), often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British- Moroccan actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in ''EastEnders'' from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid "Gary" Mahmoon in "Strangers on the Shore" (the 2002 Chris ...

(born 1975), British Moroccan actor * Nabil Esmail (born 1942), Egyptian chemical engineer * Nabil Al Fadl (1949–2015), Kuwaiti politician * Nabil Fahmi (born 1951), Egyptian diplomat and politician * Nabil Hasan al-Faqih, Yemeni politician * Nabil Farouk (1956–2020), Egyptian novelist *

Nabil Fekir Nabil Fekir (born 18 July 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the France national team. An academy graduate of Lyon, he was promoted to the senior squad in July 2013. F ...

(born 1993), French footballer * Nabil Fiqri (born 1987), Malaysian field hocker player * Nabil Gabol (born 1963), Pakistani politician * Nabil Ghilas (born 1990), Algerian footballer * Nabil Gholam, Lebanese architect * Nabil Haddad, priest in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and a leading figure among Arab Christians in Jordan. Founder and director of the Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) in Amman, Jordan * Nabil Hemani (1979–2014), Algerian footballer * Nabil Jaadi (born 1996), Belgian footballer of Moroccan origin * Nabil Jeffri (born 1993), Malaysian racing driver * Nabil Kassel (born 1984), Algerian boxer * Nabil Kebbab (born 1983), Algerian swimmer * Nabil Kochaji (born 1975), Syrian author, novelist and medical researcher * Nabil Lasmari (born 1978), Algerian badminton player * Nabil Maâloul (born 1962), Tunisian footballer and football coach * Nabil Madi (born 1981), Algerian middle distance runner * Nabil Maleh (1936–2016), Syrian film director, screenwriter, producer, painter and poet * Nabil Miskinyar (born 1948), Afghan TV host who currently runs a TV channel from United States called Ariana * Nabil Nahas (born 1949), Lebanese New York-based artist and painter * Nabil Neghiz, Algerian football manager * Nabil Nosair (1938–2016), Egyptian footballer * Nabil Omran (born 1981), Libyan futsal player * Nabil Qaouk, Lebanese politician and cleric, member and deputy member of the executive council of Hezbollah * Nabil Sahli (born 1978), better known by his stage name Nessbeal, French rapper * Nabil Sahraoui (1966–2004), alias Mustapha Abou Ibrahim, Algerian Islamist militant, and the head of the radical Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC, later renamed Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb) from August 2003 until his death in 2004 * Nabil Salameh, also known as Nabil or Nabil Bey, Palestinian Lebanese-born singer, songwriter, musician, artist and journalist, founder of the world music bands Radiodervish and Al Darawish. * Nabil Samad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer * Nabil Sawalha, Jordanian comedian * Nabil Seidah (born 1949), Egyptian born Canadian Québécois scientist * Nabil Shaath (born 1938), Palestinian official, chief negotiator and cabinet minister * Nabil Shaban (born 1953), Jordanian-British actor and writer * Nabil Al Shahmeh (born 1974), Syrian footballer * Nabil Talhouni, Jordanian Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Family name * Ahmed Nabil (fencer) (born 1986), Egyptian fencer * Muhammad Nabil al-Khatib, Syrian politician * Rahmatullah Nabil, Afghan politician, Head of the National Directorate of Security from 2010 to 2012 * Shahrun Nabil (born 1986), Malaysian field hockey player * Youssef Nabil (born 1972), Egyptian artist and photographer

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