Naji

Naji
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Arabic
Meaning	Survivor

Naji (also transliterated as Naci (Turkish), Arabic: ناجي‎, Nājī) is an Arabic male given name, which is derived from the Arabic verb to survive.

Given name

• Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist, noted for political criticism of Israel
• Naji Hakim (born 1955), French citizen of Lebanese origin, organist and composer
• Naji al-Kuwaiti, Canadian held hostage in Iraq
• Naji Majrashi, Saudi footballer
• Naji Sabri, Iraqi diplomat, Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein
• Naji Shawkat (1893-1980), Iraqi politician, Prime Minister 1932-33
• Naji Shushan, Libyan footballer
• Naji al-Suwaidi (1882-1942), Iraqi politician, Prime Minister 1929-30
• Naji Talib (born 1917), Iraqi politician, Prime Minister 1966-67
• Naji Aziz (born 1990), Iraqi business magnate, noted for involvement in post-Saddam development of Iraq

Surname

• Aziz Abdul Naji, Algerian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay
• Fehmi Naji, Libyan football
• Ismail Qasim Naji, Somalian military leader
• Kamal Naji, Palestinian politician
• Reza Naji, Iranian actor
• Saif Naji, Iraqi dentist featured in Hometown Baghdad