Worldwide, المفضل (المفضل 
) is a rare male first name. The forename المفضل is habitual in Morocco, where it is a rare masculine name, and Iraq. Also, المفضل is the last name as well as the forename.
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| المفضل | Morocco, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia |
| المفضل بن عمر الجعفي early Shi'i ghulat leader, KW (b. 750) |
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| المفضل المغوتي MA (b. 1940) |
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| المفضل بن سلمة Iraqi poet, IQ |
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| المفضل الضبي Iraqi poet, IQ |
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