Given name & surname
Najib
“of noble descent; a highborn man”
Najib is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “of noble descent; a highborn man.”
Original Arabicنجيب
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “of noble descent; a highborn 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 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Najib through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 376
- 376 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,360 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,360 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,036 as a first name in 2020; 431 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.
Najib’s family of names
Najib has a related form in Najeeb. Najib has a related form in Nagib. Najib has a related form in Nageeb.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Najeebvariant
- Nagibvariant
- Nagiebvariant
- Nageibvariant
- Nagybvariant
- Nageabvariant
- Nageebvariant
- Najybvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Najib
- 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
- Najib AmhaliStand-up comedian and actor (born 1971)
- Najib AmmariAlgerian and French footballerborn 1992
- Najib Mikhael MoussaIraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishopborn 1955
- Najib Zerouali OuaritiMoroccan politicianborn 1950
- Najib GandiFrench association football playerborn 1994
- Najib NassarPalestinian journalist1865–1947
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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