Naili

Naili () is an Arabic origin masculine given name and surname. The name is used in Turkey with the same meaning of Nail: "accomplished, conquered." It is a variant of Nail attached with the Turkish accusative case marker -i. It was used in the Ottoman period as the pseudonym of a well-known Divan poet.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Billel Naïli (born 1986), Algerian football player
• Mokhtar Naili (born 1953), Tunisian football player
• Nahla El Fatiha Naili (born 1986), Algerian sculptor
• Nihed Naili (born 2001), Algerian football player
• Samiha Naili, Egyptian table tennis player

Given name

First name

• Naili Abdullah Pasha (died August 1758), Ottoman statesman
• Naili Moran (1908–1968), Turkish basketball player

Middle name

• Ali Naili Erdem (born 1927), Turkish lawyer and politician
• Mustafa Naili Pasha (1798–1871), Ottoman statesman
• Pertev Naili Boratav (1907–1998), Turkish folklorist and academic
• Şükrü Naili Gökberk (1876–1936), Ottoman Turkish army officer and politician

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