Adil

Adil (also transliterated as Adel, Arabic: عادل) is an Arabic given name and surname meaning "just".

Adil
PronunciationArabic: [ˈʕaːdɪl, ˈʕæːdel]
GenderMasculine
Origin
Language(s)Arabic
Word/nameعادل
Meaningjust, equitable
Region of originArab world
Other names
Alternative spellingAdeel, Adel

It is not to be confused with the Germanic name Adel, which has a different pronunciation.

People

Adil and its variants may refer to a number of notable people:

Given name

Egyptian royalty

Adil Shahi dynasty

Iranian royalty

Politics and Business

  • Adil Çarçani (1922–1997), Albanian politician
  • Adil Karaismailoğlu (born 1969), Turkish mechanical engineer, civil servant and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
  • Adil Nurmemet (born 1968), former Chinese politician
  • Adil Shayakhmetov (born 1956), Kazakhstani politician
  • Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), Bosniak politician and intellectual
  • Adel Chaveleh, American businessman and CIO of Crane Worldwide Logistics
  • Adel Fakeih (born 1959), Saudi Arabian engineer and politician
  • Adel Al-Jubeir (born 1962), Saudi politician
  • Adel Labib, Egyptian politician
  • Adel Mouwda, Bahraini politician
  • Adel Murad (born 1949), Iraqi politician
  • Adel Osseiran (1905−1998), Lebanese MP and former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic
  • Adel Al-Saraawi (born 1962), Kuwaiti politician
  • Adel Amin Hafez (1919–2010), Egyptian Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force
  • Adel Safar (born 1953), Syrian politician and academic, Prime Minister of Syria (2011-2012)
  • Adel Smith (1960–2014), born as Emilio Smith in Alexandria, Egypt, Italian Muslim activist, and radical fundamentalist
  • Adel al Zamel, Kuwaiti held in extrajudicial detention in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba

Literature and Journalism

  • Adil Asadov (born 1958), Azerbaijani philosopher
  • Adel Ferdosipour (born 1974), Iranian journalist, translator, sports commentator and television show host and producer
  • Adel Hammouda (born 1968), Egyptian journalist
  • Adel Karasholi (born 1936), German writer
  • Adel Al Toraifi (born 1979), Saudi journalist
  • Adel Kutuy (1903−1945), Soviet Tatar poet, writer and playwright
  • Adel Manna (born 1947), Israeli Palestinian historian

Art and Cinema

  • Adil Ray (born 1974), British actor, writer and broadcaster
  • Adil Khan (born 1983), Norwegian actor
  • Adil Omar (born 1991), Pakistani rapper and singer-songwriter
  • Adel Abdessemed (born 1971), French Algerian conceptual artist
  • Adel Bencherif (born 1975), French actor
  • Adel Imam (born 1940), Egyptian actor
  • Adel Kamel (1942–2003), Egyptian musicologist
  • Adel Nassief (born 1962), Egyptian painter
  • Adel Tawil (born 1978), German singer
  • Adel Adham (1928–1996), Egyptian actor
  • Adel Abo Hassoon (born 1970), Syrian television actor and voice actor
  • Adel Karam, Lebanese television host and actor
  • Adel Tawil (born 1978), German singer, songwriter, producer of Egyptian origin

Science

  • Adel F. Halasa (born 1933), American scientist
  • Adel Mahmoud (1941–2018), Egyptian-born American doctor and expert in infectious diseases
  • Adel S. Sedra (born 1943), Egyptian Canadian electrical engineer

Sport

Religion

Middle name

Surname

Arts, literature, and entertainment

  • Ali Adel (born 1998), Egyptian actor
  • Hany Adel (born 1976), Egyptian guitarist, vocalist, and screen actor
  • Zizi Adel (born 1987), Egyptian singer
  • Buyong Adil (1907–1976), Malaysian historian

Politics

  • Mohammed Adel (youth leader), Egyptian activist
  • Ahmed Adil (born 1973), Guantanamo detainee

Sport

Fictional characters

gollark: Idea: test case harvesting?
gollark: What of the test cases which were allegedly to be released this round?
gollark: Great!
gollark: When phase 2 begins.
gollark: Yes, but you'll see them.

See also

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