Nazih is both a masculine given name and a surname. It is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

origin word, (

: نزيه). Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Nazih Abu Afach Nazih Abu Afach (Arabic: نزيه أبو عفش) (born 1946) is a Syrian poet and painter. He was born in western Syria, in the village of Marmarita 60 km from Homs Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in wes ...

(born 1946), Syrian poet and painter *

Nazih Ayubi Nazih Al-Ayubi (1944 in Cairo – 1995), is an Egyptian writer who had obtained a BSc (1964) and MSc (1968) in Political Science from Cairo University, PhD in political science from the University of Oxford in England. He taught at the Universi ...

(1943–1995), Egyptian writer *

Nazih Deif Nazih Deif (4 March 1923 – 10 November 1992) was an Egyptian economist and academic. He worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), other leading finance institutions and Cairo University. He served as the minister of planning and ministe ...

(1923–1992), Egyptian economist *

Nazih Elasmar Nazih Halim Elasmar (Arabic: نزيه حليم الأسمر; born 16 April 1953), is a Lebanese-Australian former politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Labor Party between 2006 and 2022. In 2006 Victoria ...

(born 1953), Australian politician *

Nazih Kawakibi Nazih Kawakibi (1 April 1946 – 7 March 2009) was a Syrian architect and a historian of architecture. Kawakibi was a professor at Damascus University, faculty of architecture. He taught a variety of subjects including; descriptive geometry, shadow ...

(1946–2009), Syrian architect

Surname

Amjhad Nazih Amjhad Nazih (born 18 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Laval. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco under-23 national team. Club career Amjhad Nazih made his professional debut for Nîmes on t ...

(born 2002), French football player *

Hasan Nazih Hasan Nazih () (1921–2012) was an Iranian civil rights lawyer and politician. Following the Islamic revolution in Iran he briefly served as the head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) between February and September 1979. Early life and ...

(1921–2012), Iranian jurist and politician *

Hesham Nazih Hesham Nazih, also spelled Hesham Nazeh (, born on 23 October 1972) is an Egyptian composer, musician and actor. Early life and career Nazih graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University in 1998. During his graduation year, he co ...

(born 1972), Egyptian composer *

Imran Nazih Imran Nazih (;; born 25 January 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for club Volendam. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Morocco. Club career Nazih is a youth product of Nieuw-West United, Zee ...

(born 2006), Dutch football player of Moroccan origin {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazih Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names Arabic-language surnames