Nawfal
نوفل
Say it NAW-fal
A gift; a generous chief
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- n-f-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Nawfal, Nofal, Nevfel
Meaning & source
A gift; also a generous chief, likened to the sea.
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والنَّوْفَلُ: الْعَطِيَّةُ.
Who carried this name
- Nawfal ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8849 (vol. 6, p. 378)