Given name & surname · also Turkish
Fazıl
Fazıl is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Fazıl comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فاضل (Fâzıl), from Arabic فاضِل; its root is Arabic ف ض ل.
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Fazıl’s family of names
Fazıl is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Фазыл. In Turkish usage, Fazıl continues an earlier form in فاضل.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Fazıl
- Fazıl SayTurkish composer and pianist (born 1970)
- Fazıl KüçükTurkish Cypriot politician (1906-1984)
- Fazıl Hüsnü DağlarcaTurkish poet and writer (1914–2008)
- Fazil NajafovAzerbaijani artist (1935–2023)
- Fazıl Ahmet AykaçTurkish statesperson (1884–1967)
- Fazıl ÖnderTurkish Cypriot member of the Pancyprian Federation of Labour1926–1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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