Given name & surname
Fadl
“a generous man”
Fadl is a variant of Fadil. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fadl is a variant of Fadil. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Explained through its name family
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 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fadl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,100 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,100 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fadl
- Al-Fadl ibn SahlPersian Abbasid vizier and official (died 818)770–818
- Fadel ChakerLebanese singerborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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