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Gender Masculine
Scripts غزالي(Arabic)
Meaning & History
From the name of 11th-century Islamic scholar philosopher, theologian and mystic Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. His name may have been derived from Arabic غزل (ghazala) meaning "to spin, to whirl", referencing his father's occupation as a weaver, or from the name of a village called Ghazalah in present-day Iran.