Nắjib

surname · Latin script

Nắjib is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic نجيب.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 2.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 3.2K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 16K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
232 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Najib in US United States, MY Malaysia, MA Morocco and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Arabic نجيب.

Sources 5

  • Dictionary of Islamic Names
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
  • Wiktionary
  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nắjib counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nắjib is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#312≈17,000 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Najib21
MA Morocco#287≈15,000 est.≈1 in 2.3KlistedNajib92
NG Nigeria—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 16K—Najib37
ID Indonesia—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 24K—Najib119
TN Tunisia#238≈3,600 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Najib40
MY Malaysia#492≈2,100 est.≈1 in 16K—Najib66
US United States—1,0361 in 321K1KNajib189
LB Lebanon—≈510 est.≈1 in 11K—Najib56

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nắjib under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nắjib mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Arabic نجيب. Recorded by Dictionary of Islamic Names and Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman and 3 other sources.
In which country does Nắjib have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Nắjib in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled najib.
How common is the name Nắjib?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,036 people named Nắjib in 2020, about 1 in 321 thousand residents.
How common is Nắjib compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Nắjib is the 312th most common given name of 21,469 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nắjib” — the 312th most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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