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

Fadl

• 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

• 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

Fadel

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

Fadil

• 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

Fazıl

• Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist

Surname

Fadl

• Belal Fadl, Egyptian writer
• Mohamed Fadl, Egyptian footballer

Fadel

• 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

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

See also

• Fadl (Islam), divine grace in Islam

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