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إِقْبَال
Iqbal
iq-BAAL
“Prosperity, advancement.”
About Iqbal
Iqbal is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "prosperity, advancement" — an Arabic-Urdu-Indonesian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ق-ب-ل meaning 'to advance, to face'. Connotes prosperity and good fortune.
Common across South Asian and Indonesian Muslim families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Urdu · Indonesian
Gender
Boy
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Iqbal is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Iqbal before.
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), poet-philosopher and a spiritual founder of Pakistan
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Iqbal
- What does the name Iqbal mean?
- Iqbal (إِقْبَال) means "Prosperity, advancement". From the Arabic root ق-ب-ل meaning 'to advance, to face'. Connotes prosperity and good fortune.
- Is Iqbal a name from the Qur'an?
- Iqbal does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Urdu-Indonesian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Iqbal a boy or a girl name?
- Iqbal is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Iqbal come from?
- Iqbal is an Arabic-Urdu-Indonesian name, built on the root letters Q-B-L. Common across South Asian and Indonesian Muslim families.
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