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[Facts] Nadil
Do you have any info about the boy name Nadil?
Thanks!
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Nadil is an Arabic name, which means, according Le livre des prénoms arabes by Younès and Néfissa Géoffroy, "the one who takes him/her/its to the combat". The feminine form is Nadila.
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Thank you very much!
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Are you sure you have that correct? My dictionaries of Arabic and Muslim names list Nadi, Nadid, Nadim, and Nadir, but no Nadil. It sort of looks like someone blended one of those names with Nabil to come up with Nadil.
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I did wonder the same thing. The name Nadil is close to Nadir and Nadim but not listed as a first name where ever I looked it up.A google search did find many people with the last name Nadil. Most of them seem to live in Palestine. Another person with the name Nadil is the Egyptian Abdel Kareem Nadil Suleiman who was sent to jail for his poltical views who he voiced in a blog. My knowledge about Arabic last names is limited. It seems like lots of last names are first names too.
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In France, Nadil is used among people from Muslim/North African origin: Nadil Golic (http://echiquier.armagnac.free.fr/interne_details.html)Nadil Aazizou (http://accloyes.chez-alice.fr/resultsaisencou/saisonhiver/poussin.htm)Nadil Menad (http://forceathlet.chez-alice.fr/2emepas2004.htm)Nadil Terbeche (http://unss62.org/20062007/08apsa/cross/tour1/centre_lievin/indiv/pri_bg03.htm)Nadil Cheded (http://www.kms.fr/Eprv/Rsl/02/Rsl-VisuEprv-02.Asp?Param=La-Mediterraneenne&Param=MedMar02.Dbf&Param=10Km&Param=Marignane)Etc.And also in Switzerland, because there is a legal disposition refered to Nadil:"[177] Art. 69 al. 2 OEC – Obligation de rajouter un deuxième prénom au prénom «Nadil». 1994 / 357"(www.fr.ch/ofl/rfj/squinq/sq92_96_jur.doc)Perhaps Nadil is an Arabic name basically used, as first name, in North Africa areas (Morocco, Algeria), which are also not English speaking but French speaking areas, and the sources that you are using are in English.
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That certainly is a good possibility. The books written on Arabic or Muslim names in English do tend to concentrate on names used in countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Palestine, and Egypt, and probably wouldn't have much to say about names which are mostly used in the former French colonies of North Africa. :)
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