First Adhān

Fayṣal

فَيْصَل

Say it FAY-sal

A decisive judge

At a glance

Gender
Boy
Arabic root
f-ṣ-l
Origin
Arabic
Also spelled
Faisal, Faysal, Feisal, Faizal

Meaning & source

A decisive judgment: “the judgment that separates truth from falsehood is called fayṣal”.

  • والفَصْل: الْقَضَاءُ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ، وَاسْمُ ذَلِكَ القَضاء الَّذِي يَفْصِل بَيْنَهُمَا فَيْصَل، وَهُوَ قَضَاءٌ فَيْصَل وفَاصِل

    Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root f-ṣ-l (vol. 11, p. 521)

Who carried this name

We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.

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