Adila (name) explained

Adila (and its variant Adela) (Arabic: عادلة/عديلة) is a feminine given name and a surname. Its given name form is a feminine derivative of the name Adil meaning "just and fair".^[1] Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Adela Humood Alaboudi (born 1967), Iraqi politician
• Adila Bayhum (1900–1975), Syrian feminist and political activist
• Adila Fachiri (1886–1962), Hungarian violinist
• Adila Hassim, South African lawyer
• Adila Khanum (1879–1929), spouse of Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz
• Adila Mutallibova (1938–2019), Azerbaijani physician
• Adila bint Abdullah Al Saud, Saudi royal
• Adila Sedraïa (born 1984), known by her stage name Indila, French singer and songwriter
• Adila Shakhtakhtinskaya (1894–1951), Azerbaijani Soviet physician

Surname

• Ayoub Adila (born 1996), Moroccan football player

See also

• Adila, disambiguation page
• Adile, Turkish version of the name

Notes and References

1. Book: Teresa Norman. World of Baby Names: A Rich and Diverse Collection of Names from Around the Globe. Perigee. 2003. 978-0-399-52894-1. 380. New York.