Nabila
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in French: Arabic feminine form of Nabil, meaning 'noble'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nabˈila/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nabila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 2.3K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 2.4K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 173 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
noble, highborn, magnanimous, beautiful, intelligent, honourable; feminine of Nabil
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Nabila is read(measured from records)
Nabila is one spelling over 4 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.
- Indonesian38%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Nabila in Indonesian.
- French17%
Arabic feminine form of Nabil, meaning 'noble'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Origine arabe, signifie « généreuse ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Arabic15%
noble, highborn, magnanimous, beautiful, intelligent, honourable; feminine of Nabil
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
noble, highborn, honourable; fem. of Nabil
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Arabic/Muslim: 'noble'
as a nameAfrican Names
- English11%
Noble
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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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Nabila 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #208 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | listed | Nabila | 173 |
| DZ Algeria | #162 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Nabila | 40 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Nabila | 43 |
| MA Morocco | #361 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | listed | Nabila | 68 |
| EG Egypt | #676 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Nabila | 66 |
| AF Afghanistan | #399 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 1 | Nabila | 14 |
| MY Malaysia | #158 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Nabila | 60 |
| US United States | — | 2,328 | 1 in 143K | 2.3K | Nabila | 164 |
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: the id-github-names register; the ma-etatcivil-authorized-given-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nabila Elsayyedb. 1938EGEgyptian actress (1938-1986)
- Nabilah Lubisb. 1942EGnot in their usual nameIndonesian writer
- Nabila Obeidb. 1945EGEgyptian actress
- Nabila Espaniolyb. 1955ILPalestinian Israeli psychologist, social worker, feminist, and peace activist
- Nabila Khashoggib. 1962LBSaudi-American actress
- Nabila al-Zubayrb. 1964YEYemeni poet
- Nabila Rmilib. 1974MAMoroccan medic and politician
- Nabila Jamshedb. 1988INIndian writer
- Nabila AghanimDZAlgerian cosmologist
- Nabila RamdaniFRFrench journalist
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 68 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #6,777 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 16 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #6,777 |
| AF Afghanistan | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #293 |
| MA Morocco | Liste des prénoms d'usage au Maroc — official authorized given-names list | — | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Nabila come from?
- noble, highborn, magnanimous, beautiful, intelligent, honourable; feminine of Nabil Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- How do you pronounce Nabila?
- A machine transcription gives /nabˈila/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- What does the name Nabila mean?
- In French, Arabic feminine form of Nabil, meaning 'noble'.
- Is Nabila a male or female name?
- Nabila is a female 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 Nabila?
- In the etymology graph, Nebile is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Nabila have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 112 thousand people named Nabila in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nabila.
- How common is the name Nabila?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,328 people named Nabila in 2020, about 1 in 143 thousand residents.
- How common is Nabila compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Nabila is the 208th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nabilaThe 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, “Nabila” — the 208th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.