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Gender Masculine
Scripts نقيب(Arabic) نقیب(Persian)
Other Forms FormsNaqeeb
Meaning & History
Derived from the Arabic noun نقيب (naqib) meaning "chief, leader, captain". Known bearers of this name include the Afghan cricketer Naqib Nangarhari (b. 1998) and the Persian storyteller Naqib ol Mamalek, who is the author of the popular Persian epic Amir Arsalan (19th century AD).