Given name · Arabic · Ottoman Turkish
فاضل
فاضل (Fâzıl) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.
Arabic and Ottoman TurkishWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: fāḍala.
Meaning & origin
فاضل’s family of names
In Ottoman Turkish usage, فاضل can be written in the Roman alphabet as Fâzıl. In Arabic usage, فاضل has a transliteration in fāḍala. In Arabic usage, فاضل can be written in the Roman alphabet as Fāḍil.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named فاضل
- Fazil IskanderSoviet and Russian writer (1929–2016)
- Fozil MusaevUzbekistani association football playerborn 1989
- Fazle Hasan AbedBangladeshi social worker and the founder of BRAC1936–2019
- Fadhel JaziriTunisian actor and film director1948–2025
- Fadhil BarwariCommander of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces1966–2018
- Fazil MustafaAzerbaijani politicianborn 1965
- Fadhel JaïbiTunisian film directorborn 1945
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