Jibrail
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Jibrail (Arabic: جبرائيل; also spelled: Jibraeel, Jibraile) or Jibril (Arabic: جبريل; also spelled: Jibreel, Jabril, Djibril) is a male given name of Arabic origin.
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[edit] Etymology
- See also Hebrew equivalent, Gabriel.
The Arabic name جبرائيل (Jibrāīl) is made up of the elements جبر (jabr) "strong" (ultimately from Semitic root gabhar "was strong") and اله (ilāh) "God", coming together to mean "God is strong", "strength of God" or "strong [servant] of God". The shortened form, جبريل (Jibrīl), developed over time and is now the common pronunciation in many places. Djibril is a common variant transcription found primarily in Western Africa. In Islamic tradition, Jibrāīl is considered one of the chief angels of God and is associated with the revelation of the Qur'an to Prophet Muhammad.
[edit] Notable Namesakes
- Jibrāīl (aka Gabriel), archangel of God revered in several Abrahamic faiths
- Jabril ibn Bukhtishu (c.780–830), Persian physician and scientist of the famous Bukhtishu family
- Jibrail Kassab (b.1938), Iraqi bishop in the Chaldean Catholic Church; Archbishop of the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
- Ahmed Jibril, founder and leader of the PFLP-GC, a Palestinian nationalist organisation
- Djibril Bassolé (b.1957), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina
- Djibril Cissé (b.1981), French footballer of Ivoirian descent
