Najib

Najib or Najeeb (Arabic: نجيب) is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Najib ad-Dawlah Yousafzai (1707/08-1770), Afghan warrior who fought in the Third Battle of Panipat
• Najibullah Ahmadzai (1947-1996), Afghan communist General Secretary and Head of state
• Najibullah Zazai (born 1985), Afghan-American who planned a deadly New York attack
• Najib Amhali (born 1971), Moroccan-born Dutch stand-up comedian and actor
• Najib Ali Choudhury (19th Century), Bengali Islamic scholar
• Najib Balala (born 1967), Kenyan politician
• Nayib Bukele (born 1981), President of El Salvador
• Najib Daho (1959–1993), Moroccan-born English boxer
• Najib Farssane (born 1981), French footballer
• Najib Mikati (born 1955), Prime Minister of Lebanon
• Najib Mohammad Lahassimi (born 1978), Moroccan held in Guantanamo
• Najib Naderi (born 1984), Afghan footballer
• Najib Tun Razak (born 1953), sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia and convicted criminal
• Najib-ad-din Samarqandi (died 1222), Persian physician

Middle name

• Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi (1097–1168), Persian Sufi
• Ahmad Najib al-Hilali (1891–1958), Prime Minister of Egypt
• Ahmad Najib Aris (1976-2016), Malaysian convicted murderer and rapist
• Baraa Najib al-Ruba'i, Iraqi politician
• Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904–1983), President of Iraq
• Philippe Najib Boulos (1902–1979), Lebanese lawyer and politician

Najeeb

Given name

• Najeeb Ahmed (1963-1990), Pakistani student leader
• Najeeb Ahmed Khan (born 1933), 8 Pass Charlie; Pakistani bomber pilot
• Najeeb Amar (born 1971), Pakistan-born Hong-Kong cricketer
• Nageeb Arbeely (1861–1904), American Consul to Jerusalem, founder of the newspaper Kawkab America
• Najeeb Jung (born 1951), Indian academic administrator
• Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003), American businessman and government official
• Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi (1953-2021), Yemeni politician

See also

• Naguib