NasrallahGender | masculine |
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Language(s) | Arabic: نصرالله |
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Meaning | 'Victory of God' |
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Alternative spelling | Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, Al-Nasrallah |
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Related names | Nasser, Naser, Nassar, Nasir, Naseer, Nacer, Nasr, Nasri |
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Nasrullah (Arabic: نصرالله, lit. 'victory of God') is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims, Christians, and other Arabs. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrallah. Bearing the surname often indicates that the family adopted the name Nasrallah from one of its patrilineal ancestors.
Notable people
Notable people with the name Nasrallah and its variants include:
United States
Egypt
Honduras
- Salvador Nasralla (born 1953), Honduran media personality, TV presenter, politician, founder of Honduran Anti-Corruption Party
Iraq
In Iraq, the most notable family to carry the name is the Alid Faizid family of Nasrallah from Karbala. However, there are other Alid and non-Alid families that carry the name, that come from Hindiyah, Hillah, and Nasiriyah.
- Nasrallah al-Haeri (1696–1746), Iraqi scholar and poet
- Jawad Nasrallah (d. 1808), Iraqi nobleman and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine
- Hassan Nasrallah (1881–1959), Iraqi nobleman, activist, and businessman
- Murtadha Nasrallah (1922–2005), Iraqi law professor
- Hashem Nasrallah (1923–1997), Iraqi businessman and chairman of Karbala's chamber of commerce
- Mohammed Hussain Nasrallah (born 1951), Iraqi judge and prosecutor
- Abdul Sahib Nasrallah (born 1951), Iraqi author and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine
- Aref Nasrallah (born 1958), Iraqi social activist and philanthropist
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
In Kuwait, the most notable family to carry the name is known as the family of Al-Nasrallah. They trace back to the Anazzah tribe, and migrated from Sudair. They reside mainly in Jiblah and Jahrah.
Lebanon
In Lebanon, the name can be found in Shia, Sunni, Druze, and Christian families all across Lebanon, and they trace back to Sednayah, Hauran and Babylon.
Mexico
Pakistan
Palestine
In Palestine, it is believed that the Nasrallah family traces back to either the one that originated in the Levant (North Syria and Rif-Dimashq), or in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen). They reside mainly in Qaqun.
- Adel Gharib Nasrallah, birth name of Eddie Nash (1929–2014), Palestinian-American convicted gangster and drug dealer
- Ibrahim Nasrallah (born 1954), Jordanian-Palestinian poet