Nabi is a girl’s name in Korean and Japanese and a boy’s name in Arabic.
What does the name Nabi mean?
The girl’s name Nabi means “butterfly” (from Korean “nabi/나비”). In Japanese, Nabi is a combination of the kanji characters “na/奈” meaning “apple tree” and “bi/美” meaning “beauty” of “beautiful”, other kanji combinations are possible. The boy’s name Nabi means “prophet” (from Arabic “nabiyy/نَبِيّ”).
Nabi as a surname
Nabi is also a common surname in Arabic countries. Nabi as a surname is three times more common than Nabi as a first name.
Anagrams
Possible anagrams for Nabi are Bain, Bian, Bina and Iabn.
Famous people named Nabi
Afghan journalist and author Nabi Misdaq (born 1944) was named Media Affairs advisor in 2015 by Afghanistan’s fifth president Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 1949).
Pakistani scholar Nabi Bux Khan Baloch (1917 - 2011) has written a number of books. He also studied several languages such as Sindhi, Persian, Arabic, and the Urdu languages.
Nabi Sorouri (1933 - 2002) was an Iranian ringer. He was part of the Summer Olympics in 1956 in Melbourne.
Fictional characters named Nabi
In the popular K-Drama “Nevertheless”, Yoo Nabi, played by Han So-Hee (born 1994), is a protagonist. The art student was left heart broken by her first love cheating on her. She decided to not fall in love again. Yoo Nabi becomes friends with fellow art student Park Jae-Eon, played by Song Kang (born 1994), who does not want a romantic relationship as well. Their friendship soon becomes the target of rumors among the other art students.
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