Adil

Adil (also transliterated as Adel, Arabic: عادل) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. Adil is a variation of the name Adel, an Arabic male name that comes from the word Adl, meaning "fairness" and "justice". It is a common name in the Muslim world.

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Pronunciation
Masculine
Arabic
عادل
"fair", "equitable" and "just"
Arab world
Adeel, Adel

Adil (also transliterated as Adel, Arabic: عادل) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. Adil is a variation of the name Adel, an Arabic male name that comes from the word Adl, meaning "fairness" and "justice". It is a common name in the Muslim world.

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

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

  • Al-Adil I of Egypt (1145–1218), 4th Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus

  • Al-Adil II of Egypt (c. 1221–1248), 6th Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus

  • Al-Adil Kitbugha of Egypt (died 1296), 10th Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria

  • Yusuf Adil Shah (1450–1511), founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur for nearly two centuries

  • Ismail Adil Shah (1498–1534), 2nd Sultan of Bijapur

  • Mallu Adil Shah (died c. 1534), 3rd Sultan of Bijapur

  • Ibrahim Adil Shah I (died c. 1558), 4th Sultan of Bijapur

  • Ali Adil Shah I (died c. 1579), 5th Sultan of Bijapur

  • Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1570–1627), 6th Sultan of Bijapur

  • Mohammed Adil Shah (died c. 1656), 7th Sultan of Bijapur

  • Ali Adil Shah II (died c. 1672), 8th Sultan of Bijapur

  • Sikandar Adil Shah (died c. 1686), 9th Sultan of Bijapur

  • Adil Shah (died 1749), 2nd Afsharid Shah of Iran

  • Adil Biçer (born 1974), Turkish politician

  • Adel Chaveleh, American businessman and CIO of Crane Worldwide Logistics

  • Adil Çarçani (1922–1997), Albanian politician

  • Adel Fakeih (born 1959), Saudi Arabian engineer and politician

  • Adel Al Jubeir (born 1962), Saudi Arabian diplomat

  • Adil Karaismailoğlu (born 1969), Turkish mechanical engineer, civil servant and politician

  • Adel Labib, Egyptian politician

  • Adel Mouwda, Bahraini politician

  • Adel Murad (1949–2018), Iraqi politician

  • Adil Nurmemet (born 1968), former Chinese politician

  • Adel Osseiran (1905−1998), Lebanese politician

  • Adel Safar (born 1953), Syrian politician and academic, Prime Minister of Syria (2011–2012)

  • Adel Al-Saraawi (born 1962), Kuwaiti politician

  • Adil Shayakhmetov (born 1956), Kazakhstani politician

  • Adel Smith (1960–2014), born as Emilio Smith in Alexandria, Egypt, Italian Muslim activist, and radical fundamentalist

  • Adel al Zamel (born 1963), Kuwaiti held in extrajudicial detention in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba

  • Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), Bosniak politician and intellectual

  • 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 Kutuy (1903−1945), Soviet Tatar poet, writer and playwright

  • Adel Manna (born 1947), Israeli Palestinian historian

  • Adel Al Toraifi (born 1979), Saudi Arabian journalist

  • Adel Abdessemed (born 1971), French Algerian conceptual artist

  • Adel Adham (1928–1996), Egyptian actor

  • Adel Bencherif (born 1975), French actor

  • Adel Abo Hassoon (born 1970), Syrian television actor and voice actor

  • Adil Hussain (born 1963), Indian actor

  • Adel Imam (born 1940), Egyptian actor

  • Adel Kamel (1942–2003), Egyptian musicologist

  • Adel Karam (born 1972), Lebanese television host and actor

  • Adil Khan (born 1983), Norwegian actor

  • Adel Nassief (1962–2021), Egyptian painter

  • Adil Omar (born 1991), Pakistani rapper and singer-songwriter

  • Adil Ray (born 1974), British actor, writer and broadcaster

  • Adel Tawil (born 1978), German singer

  • 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

  • Adil Basher (1926–1978), Iraqi footballer

  • Adil Belgaïd (born 1970), Moroccan judoka

  • Adil Chihi (born 1988), Moroccan footballer

  • Adil Ibragimov (born 1989), Russian footballer

  • Adil El Makssoud (born 1985), Moroccan basketball player

  • Adil Ramzi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer

  • Adil Rashid (born 1988), English cricketer

  • Adil Shamasdin (born 1982), Canadian tennis player

  • Adel Abdulaziz (born 1980), Emirati footballer

  • Adel Abdullah (born 1984), Syrian footballer

  • Adel Amrouche (born 1968), Algerian football manager

  • Adel Chedli (born 1976), Tunisian footballer

  • Adel Eid (born 1984), Egyptian-Finnish footballer

  • Adel Fellous (born 1978), French rugby league player

  • Adel Guemari (born 1984), French footballer

  • Adel El Hadi (born 1980), Algerian footballer

  • Adil Hajizada (born 2005), Azerbaijani gymnast

  • Adel Humoud (born 1986), Kuwaiti footballer

  • Adel Kolahkaj (born 1985), Iranian footballer

  • Adel Lakhdari (born 1989), Algerian footballer

  • Adel Lami (born 1985), Qatari footballer

  • Adel Maïza (born 1983), Algerian footballer

  • Adel Massaad (born 1964), Egyptian table tennis player

  • Adel Messali (born 1983), Algerian footballer

  • Adel Nefzi (born 1974), Tunisian footballer

  • Adel Sellimi (born 1972), Tunisian footballer

  • Adel Taarabt (born 1989), Moroccan footballer

  • Adel Tlatli (born 1958), Tunisian basketball coach

  • Adel Abdel Rahman (born 1967), Egyptian footballer and coach

  • Adel Adili (born 1974), Libyan long-distance runner

  • Adel Belal (born 1987), also known as Adel El Siwi, Egyptian footballer

  • Adel Chbouki (born 1971), Moroccan footballer

  • Adel Gafaiti (born 1994), Algerian footballer

  • Adel Ibrahim Ismail (born 1951), Egyptian basketball player

  • Adel Khudhair (born 1954), Iraqi footballer and coach

  • Adel Langue (born 1997), Mauritian footballer

  • Adel Mechaal (born 1990), Morocco-born Spanish middle-distance runner

  • Adel Mojallali (born 1993), Iranian canoeist

  • Adel Ahmed Malalla (born 1961), Qatari footballer

  • Adel Nasser (born 1970), Iraqi footballer and coach

  • Adel Al-Salimi (born 1979), Yemeni footballer

  • Adil al-Kalbani (born 1959), former Grand Mosque Imam

  • Adel T. Khoury (1930–2023), Lebanese-born German Catholic theologian

  • Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam (born 1987), Egyptian footballer

  • Mohamed Adel Gomaa (born 1993), Egyptian footballer

  • Hany Adel (born 1976), Egyptian guitarist, vocalist, and screen actor

  • Zizi Adel (born 1987), Egyptian singer

  • Buyong Adil (1907–1976), Malaysian historian

  • Mohammed Adel (youth leader) (born 1988), Egyptian activist

  • Ahmed Adil (born 1973), Guantanamo detainee

  • Carolyn Adel (born 1978), Surinamese Olympic swimmer

  • Deng Adel (born 1996), Australian basketball player

  • Mohamed Adel (born 1978), Egyptian football referee

  • Ramy Adel (born 1979), Egyptian footballer

  • Yathreb Adel (born 1996), Egyptian squash player

  • Farhan Adil (born 1977), Pakistani cricketer

  • Âdel, a character in Pleasure and Suffering

  • Adel, a character in Winter of Discontent (film)

  • Adel, a character in Alexandria... Why?

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