Nabil
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in French: Arabic name meaning 'noble' or 'distinguished'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nabil/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nabil is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 22nd most common given name.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 544(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 580
- TNTunisia≈1 in 664
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.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- #927 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 334 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 544 (inferred from the name graph)
≈79,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Naveen in AE United Arab Emirates.
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)
noble, highborn, honourable, intelligent, dexterous, skilled in archery
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Nabil is read(measured from records)
Nabil is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French30%
Arabic name meaning 'noble' or 'distinguished'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Arabic29%
noble, highborn, honourable, intelligent, dexterous, skilled in archery
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
noble, highborn, honourable
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
- English14%
Noble; generous one
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nabil 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #22 | ≈79,000 est. | ≈1 in 544 | — | Nabil | 89 |
| MA Morocco | #59 | ≈61,000 est. | ≈1 in 580 | — | Nabil | 139 |
| BD Bangladesh | #540 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | listed | Nabil | 68 |
| EG Egypt | #309 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | listed | Nabil | 155 |
| ID Indonesia | #936 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Nabil | 135 |
| TN Tunisia | #42 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 664 | — | Nabil | 83 |
| US United States | — | 5,530 | 1 in 60K | 5.4K | Nabil | 334 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #280 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Naveen | 122 |
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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nabil is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Noble’, ‘high-born’, ‘honourable’. Feminine form: Nabila. Nada @ ‘Morning dew’; also ‘generosity’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Swedish, Nabil är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’ädel, elegant’. En femininform är Nabila.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nabil Elarabyb. 1935EGEgyptian politician and judge (1935–2024)
- Nabeel Shaathb. 1938PSnot in their usual namePalestinian politician
- Nabil Ayouchb. 1969FRMoroccan film director
- Nabil Elouahabib. 1975GBBritish actor
- Nabil El Zharb. 1986FRMoroccan-French footballer (born 1986)
- Nabil Dirarb. 1986MAMoroccan footballer
- Nabil Ghilasb. 1990FRAlgerian footballer
- Nabil Fekirb. 1993FRFrench footballer (born 1993)
- Nabil Bentalebb. 1994FRAlgerian and French footballer
- Sylvain Deslandesb. 1997CMnot in their usual nameFrench association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 88 sources across 47 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.4K | #3,674 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 122 | #3,674 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 51 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 6 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Nabil come from?
- noble, highborn, honourable, intelligent, dexterous, skilled in archery Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- How do you pronounce Nabil?
- A machine transcription gives /nabil/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Nabil mean?
- In French, Arabic name meaning 'noble' or 'distinguished'.
- Is Nabil a male or female name?
- Nabil is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Nabil?
- In the etymology graph, Nebil is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Nabil have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 79 thousand people named Nabil in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nabil.
- How common is the name Nabil?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,530 people named Nabil in 2020, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
- How common is Nabil compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Nabil is the 22nd most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nabil?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nabilThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nabil” — the 22nd most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.