Nahla (name)

Nahla is a feminine given name of Arabic origin.^[1]

Nahla

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Arabic[1]
Other names
Related names	Nala[citation needed]

The name is of Arabic origin meaning "first drink of water" or "water in the desert",^[1] there's also Nahla valley in Iraq. Additionally, the latinized term Nahla can also refer to honeybee in Arabic.^[2]

A descendant of the Arabic, "Naħla" means Bee in the Maltese language.

Another variant is Nala. This means 'gift' in Swahili.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people with the given name, or its variants, include:

• Nahlah Ayed, Palestinian-Canadian journalist
• Nahla Chahal, Iraqi-Lebanese journalist and activist
• Nala Damajanti, snake charmer
• Nahla Mahmoud, Sudanese-British writer and activist
• Nahla El Fatiha Naili, Algerian sculptor
• Nahla Ramadan, Egyptian weightlifter
• Nahla Hussain al-Shaly, Iraqi women's rights promoter
• Nahla Summers, social campaigner

Notable people with the surname include:

• June-Rose Nala, South African trade unionist and academic