Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by
Muslims
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and
Christians
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alike. 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
Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritan ...
ancestors.
Notable persons
Notable persons with the name Nasrallah and its variants include:
United States
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Nasrallah Onea "Naz" Worthen (born 1966),
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
wide receiver
Egypt
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Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah ( ar, يسرى نصر الله ) (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director.
Biography
Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Fo ...
(born 1952), Egyptian film director
Honduras
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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
Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province a ...
, and
Nasiriyah.
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Nasrallah al-Haeri
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(1696–1746), Iraqi scholar and poet
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Abdul Sahib Nasrallah
Sayyid Abd al-Saheb Naser Nasrallah (; born February 28, 1953) is an Iraqi author, and served as the 40th custodian of the Imam Husayn Shrine from 1992 until 2003.
Early life and education
Nasrallah was born on February 28, 1953, to Nasser Na ...
(born 1951), Iraqi author and custodian of
Imam Husayn Shrine
The Imam Husayn Shrine ( ar, مَقَام ٱلْإِمَام ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن عَلِيّ, Maqām al-ʾImām al-Ḥusayn ʾibn ʿAlī) is the mosque and burial site of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam of Shia Islam, in the city o ...
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Aref Nasrallah
Sayyid Aref Muhammad Nasrallah (; born 1958) is an Iraqi Shia social activist, philanthropist, and official commissioner of the Ibn Fahad shrine and seminary.
He was one of the preeminent leaders of the Islamic Action Organisation. He is curre ...
(born 1958), Iraqi social activist and philanthropist
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Hashem Nasrallah
Sayyid Hashem Hassan Nasrallah (; February 7, 1923 – May 4, 1997) was an Iraqi nobleman, businessman and the chairman of the Karbala Chamber of Commerce for six terms from 1959 to 1969.
Early life
Nasrallah was born on February 7, 1923, in K ...
(1923–1997), Iraqi businessman and chairman of Karbala's chamber of commerce
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Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah ( ar, حسن نصر الله ; born 31 August 1960) is a Lebanese cleric and political leader who has served as the 3rd secretary-general of Hezbollah since his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was assassinated by the Israel De ...
(1881–1959), Iraqi nobleman, activist, and businessman
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Jawad Nasrallah (d. 1808), Iraqi nobleman and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine
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Mohammed Hussain Nasrallah (born 1951), Iraqi judge and prosecutor
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Murtadha Nasrallah (1922–2005), Iraqi law professor
Iran
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Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah Nasrallah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid Shirazi ( fa, نصرالله بن محمد بن عبدالحمید شیرازی), better known as Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah (ابوالمعالی نصرالله), was a Persian poet and statesman who served as t ...
, Persian poet, statesman and vizier
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Moein (singer)
Nasrollah Moein ( fa, نصرالله معین), more commonly known as Moein ( fa, معین, ), is an Iranian singer. Moein was born in Najafabad, a city in Isfahan Province of Iran.
He began his artistic caree as a radio singer and released ...
, Iranian Singer
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Nasrallah Shah-Abadi, Iranian Shia Cleric, Politician
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Nasrollah Jahangard, Iranian Politician
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Nasrollah Pejmanfar, Iranian Shia Cleric, Politician
Kazakhstan
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Nauryzbai Batyr
Nasrullah Nauryzbai Kutpanbetuly Bahadur (, , romanized: ''Nasrūllah Nauryzbai Qūtpanbetūly Bahadür''), also known as Nauryzbai Bahadur or Nauryzbai Batyr (1706-1781) was a Kazakh war hero known for fighting against the Dzungars in the Dzhun ...
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
Anizah or Anazah ( ar, عنزة, ʻanizah, Najdi pronunciation: ) is an Arabian tribe in the Arabian Peninsula, Upper Mesopotamia, and the Levant.
Genealogy and origins
Anizah's existence as an autonomous tribal group, like many prominent m ...
tribe, and migrated from Sudair. They reside mainly in Jibla, Kuwait, Jiblah and Jahra Governorate, Jahrah.
* Danah Al-Nasrallah (born 1988), Kuwaiti female track and field athlete
Lebanon
In Lebanon, the name can be found in Shia, Sunni, Druze, and Christian families all across Lebanon, and they trace back to Saidnaya, Sednayah, Hauran and Babil Governorate, Babylon.
* Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1923–1997), Lebanese patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body
* Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018), Lebanese writer and women's rights activist
* Hassan Nasrallah (born 1960), Secretary General of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah
* Hassan Nasrallah (footballer), Hassan Nasrallah (born 1982), Lebanese footballer
Mexico
* Jesús Nader Nasrallah (born 1959), Mexican politician
Pakistan
* Nasrullah Khan (footballer) (born 1985), Pakistani football midfielder
* Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi, 16th-century Muslim geographer and historian
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
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