Abla (first name)

Abla or Abla ( Arabic عبلة) is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The Arabic first name 'Abla means plump / full figured . The 7th century Arab poet Antara dedicated much of his poems to a woman named Abla.

There is also a West African first name Abla in the Akan language , see Akan first name .

Well-known namesake

• Abla al-Kahlawi (* 1948), dean of the Faculty for Islamic and Arabic Studies at the women's college at al-Azhar University in Egypt

See also

• Abla

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Abla. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .