Given name & surname
Fadil
“a generous man”
Fadil is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fadil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,621 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,621 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 623 as a first name in 2020; 241 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fadil’s family of names
Fadil has a related form in Fadeal. Fadil has a related form in Fadeel. Fadil has a related form in Fadeil.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fadil
- R3habDutch-Moroccan DJ and record producerborn 1986
- Fadil VokrriAlbanian footballer from Kosovo (1960–2018)
- Fadil HoxhaKosovar politician (1916–2001)
- Abu Muslim al-TurkmaniISIL deputy leader (died 2015)1959–2015
- Fadil HadžićCroatian film director and playwright (1922–2011)
- Fadil NovalićBosniak politicianborn 1959
- Fazlijaa singerborn 1972
- Fadil PaçramiAlbanian politician (1922–2008)
- Fadil Jahić1910–1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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