Not to be confused with Wail (disambiguation), Whale (disambiguation), or Wale (disambiguation).
Wa'el
Pronunciation
[ˈwæːˈel] or [ˈwæːˈil]
Gender
Male
Origin
Word/name
Arabic/Proto-Semitic
Region of origin
Arabia/Mesopotamia
Wa'el, also spelt Wael or Wail, is an ancient Aramaic male given name. The first currently known usage of the name was found and translated at a site called Sumatar Harabesi.[1] There is coinage and inscriptions mentioning a King of Edessa, the "Parthian Wael" and "Wael the king" (Syriac: W'L MLK') on coins around 163AD after the Parthians captured the region from the Romans.[2] The names' usage is pre-Islamic. The name's meaning origin is unknown, however, there are a few different definitions depending on how an ancient text was translated. These known meanings are "clan", "seeking shelter", and "protector".[3][4] Pronunciation differs based on the varieties of Arabic.
Notable people with the name include:
Wael Abbas, Egyptian blogger
Wael Abdelgawad, American author and martial artist
Wael Al-Dahdouh, Palestinian journalist
Wael Badr, Egyptian basketball player
Wael Ghonim, Egyptian computer engineer, author and activist
Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
Wael Jassar, Lebanese singer
Wael Kfoury, Lebanese singer
Wael Nazha, Lebanese footballer
Wael Riad, Egyptian footballer
Wael Sawan, Lebanese-Canadian business executive
Wael Hallaq, Palestinian scholar of Islamic studies
Wael Zwaiter, Palestinian writer and translator
Wail al-Shehri, Saudi al-Qaeda terrorist of American Airlines Flight 11
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^Retso, Jan (2013-07-04). The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads. ISBN 9781136872891.
^Millar, Near East, 112.
^"What does Wael (Muslim Arabic Name) mean?".
^"Wael - Islamic Name Meaning - Baby Names for Muslims".
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