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نجيب
نجيب (nagīb) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.
Arabic and arzWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Najib.
Meaning & origin
نجيب’s family of names
In Arabic usage, نجيب has a conventional equivalent in the English form Najib. In Egyptian Arabic usage, نجيب can be written in the Roman alphabet as nagīb. In Arabic usage, نجيب can be written in the Roman alphabet as najīb.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
نجيب has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere نجيب comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named نجيب
- Naguib MahfouzEgyptian writer (1911–2006)
- Najib Razakformer 6th Prime Minister of Malaysiaborn 1953
- Najib MikatiPresident of Lebanon (2022–2025), Prime Minister of Lebanon (2005; 2011–2014; 2021–2025)born 1955
- Naguib SawirisEgyptian businessmanborn 1954
- Néjib GhommidhTunisian association football playerborn 1953
- Néjib LimamTunisian association football playerborn 1953
- Najib AmhaliStand-up comedian and actor (born 1971)
- Najib AmmariAlgerian and French footballerborn 1992
- Nejib BelkadhiTunisian actor, film director and film producerborn 1972
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