Nayef () is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Nayef Aguerd Nayef Aguerd (; ; born 30 March 1996) is a Moroccan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for club West Ham United F.C., West Ham United, and the Morocco national ...

(born 1996), Moroccan football player *

Nayef Hawatmeh Nayef Hawatmeh (; Kunya: Abu an-Nuf; born 17 November 1938) is a Jordanian politician who is the head of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Biography Hawatmeh hails from a Jordanian clan and is a practicing Greek Catholi ...

, founder of the

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; ) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and Maoist organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya (). It is a member ...

Nayef Mubarak Al Khater Nayef Al Khater (born May 10, 1978) is a Qatari football player. He has played for Al Wakrah and the Qatar national team as a defender. Biography He took part in the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, representing Qatar. He also represented t ...

, Qatari football player *

Nayef Rajoub Sheikh Nayef Al-Rajoub (, born 14 May 1958) is an MP of the State of Palestine. He was Minister of Religious Endowments and became a lawmaker during the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections won by Hamas in Gaza. As a member of the Hamas fact ...

, Palestinian politician *

Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (, ''Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 9 October 1934 – 16 June 2012) was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and deputy prime minister from October 2011 and the minister of interior from October 1975 unt ...

(1933–2012), Saudi royal *

Nayef bin Ahmed Al Saud Nayef bin Ahmed Al Saud (born 15 July 1965) is a member of Saudi royal family, a grandson of King Abdulaziz, and a military official who was the head of land forces intelligence and security authority. He was detained in March 2020 together with ...

(born 1965), Saudi royal and security officer *

Nayef bin Bandar Al Sudairi Nayef bin Bandar Al Sudairi (; born 21 January 1963) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat. He was the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Canada between 2014 and 2018. He is the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Jordan. In addition, he was appointed non-resident amb ...

(born 1963) Saudi Arabian diplomat

Surname

Prince Asem bin Al Nayef Prince Asem bin Nayef (; born 27 April 1948) is the son of Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (a younger son of Abdullah I of Jordan) and Princess Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Ziyaeddin), Mihrimah Sultan (granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V of the ...

, Jordanian prince *

Badr Salem Nayef Badr Salem Nayef (born Petar Tanev, , October 29, 1972) is a Qatari weightlifter. He is the 1999 world champion. One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,000, Badr Salem Nayef became a Qatari citi ...

, Qatari weightlifter * Talal Nayef, Kuwaiti footballer

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