Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Fadila Name Meaning in Islam
Fadila.
- Meaning
- Fadila. Virtuous
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ف-ض-ل
- Urdu
- فاضلہ
- Meaning in Urdu
- صاحبِ فضل، بلند اخلاق والی
- Pronunciation
- fa-DI-la
- Lucky number
- 7
Is Fadila an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Fadila is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Fadila. Virtuous. It was carried by Fadila Laanan. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ف-ض-ل. From f-d-l meaning to excel, to be superior; fadl is virtue and fadila is the virtuous quality.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Fa opens, Alif of origin steadies, Dad gives luminous strength, Lam joins virtue to the soul, and Ta-marbuta seals completion. The letters trace virtue opened, standing, glowing, joined, and finished.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Fadila joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Fattah, the Opener, carried as the will to open what was closed, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Fadila plants what their fire has cleared.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
From the Arabic root ف-ض-ل (to surpass, to be excellent, to be of higher merit), Fadila is the feminine of Fadil: the virtuous, the excellent, the one of superior quality.
In classical Arabic ethics fadl is excellence of character, the quality by which a person surpasses the ordinary standard without needing to compete for the recognition. The Quran uses the root of divine favour: 'And ask Allah of His bounty' (4:32).
Fadila is a widely used Arab and Levantine girls' name. It asks that a daughter grow into the kind of excellence that others recognise without her needing to claim it.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Fadila Laanan . Moroccan-Belgian politician, former Minister of Culture of the French Community of Belgium
How to Pronounce Fadila
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Fadila
What does the name Fadila mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Fadila? →
Is Fadila mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Fadila mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Fadila carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Fadila a good Islamic name?
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Is Fadila a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Fadila in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Fadila is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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