Given name · Russian
Шамиль
“all-embracing”
Шамиль is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Шамиль goes back to Arabic شامل, meaning “all-embracing.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Шамиль’s family of names
In Russian usage, Шамиль has a conventional equivalent in Шамел. In Russian usage, Шамиль has a conventional equivalent in Шамил.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Шамиль has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Шамиль
- Imam ShamilNorth Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
- Shamil BasayevChechen militant Islamist leader (1965-2006)
- Shamil Sabirovboxerborn 1959
- Shamil SerikovKazakh Olympic wrestler (1956–1989)
- Shamil KhisamutdinovRussian wrestlerborn 1950
- Shamil TarpishchevRussian tennis coach and retired tennis playerborn 1948
- Shamil AsildarovRussian footballer of Avar ethnicityborn 1983
- Shamil LakhiyalovRussian footballerborn 1979
- Shamil AsgarovKurdish scholar1929–2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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