Navabi
Appearance
Navabi (Persian: نوابی; adjective form of نواب [navāb] meaning "nabob", "nawab" – and thus roughly translating as "of Navab", "from a nabob [rich Mughal ruler]", "relating to a nabob") is a Persian[1][2] surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Armin Navabi (born 1983), Iranian-Canadian ex-Muslim atheist and secular activist, author and podcaster
- Hakan Massoud Navabi (born 1990), Afghan-Canadian freelance journalist, writer and entrepreneur
- Shirin Navabi (born 1980), Iranian female chess player
Fictional character
[edit]- Samar Navabi, character from the American crime drama television series The Blacklist
See also
[edit]- Navab
- Nowjeh Deh, Tabriz, also called Navabi, village in Tazeh Kand Rural District, Khosrowshahr District, Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
References
[edit]- ^ "Navabi Surname Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
Approximately 6,577 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Iran; Highest density in: Iran.
- ^ "Statistics and meaning of name Navabi". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
Surname Navabi is used at least 140 times in at least 17 countries.