Fadel

Fadel (also spelled Fadl Arabic: فضل or Fadil, Arabic: فاضل) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "generous, honorable, superior". Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

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### Fadl

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* Fadl ibn Abbas (611–639), cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* Faḍl al-Shāʻirah (died 871), female poet of the Abbasid period
* Fadl Shaker (born 1969), Lebanese singer

### Al Fadl

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* Al-Fadl ibn Salih (740–789), Abbasid governor
* Al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi' (757/8–823/4), chamberlain and vizier of the Abbasid caliphs Harun al-Rashid and al-Amin
* Al-Fadl ibn Yahya (766–808), one of the Barmakids
* Al-Fadl ibn Sahl, vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun
* Abu al-Fadl Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim (r. 847–861), Abbasid caliph better known by his laqab Al-Mutawakkil
* Al-Fadl ibn Marwan (ca. 774–864), Christian vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim
* Abu al-Fadl Jaʿfar ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid (r. 908–932), Abbasid caliph better known by his regnal name Al-Muqtadir
* Al-Fadl ibn Jaʽfar Al-Muqtadir (r. 946–974), 10th-century caliph during the Later Abbasid era

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* Fadel Mohammed Ali, Director of Royal Maintenance Corps of the Jordanian Armed Forces
* Fadel Muhammad, Indonesian politician
* Fadel Al-Najjar, Jordanian basketball player

### Fadil

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* Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif, Yemeni extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
* Fadıl Öztürk, Kurdish writer and poet
* Fadil Vokrri, Albanian football player
* Fadıl Akgündüz, Turkish businessman
* Fadil El Ghoul, Dutch-Moroccan EDM producer better known as R3hab

### Fazıl

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* Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist

## Surname

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### Fadl

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* Belal Fadl, Egyptian writer
* Mohamed Fadl, Egyptian footballer

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* Hussain Fadel, Kuwaiti footballer
* Leila Fadel, American journalist
* Maurice Fadel (1928–2009), Lebanese businessman and politician
* Robert Fadel (born 1970), Lebanese businessman and politician
* Tony Fadell, Lebanese-American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and investor

### Fadil

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* Siddig El Fadil, British actor
* Hassan Fadil, Moroccan footballer
* Sherif Abdel-Fadil, Egyptian footballer

## See also

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* Fadl (Islam), divine grace in Islam

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