Iqbal (name)
Iqbal ; Arabic, Persian: اقبال, Punjabi: ੲਿੱਕ-ਬਲ / اِکبال is a name from the Arabic meaning "good fortune” and “prosperity."
It can also be spelled as Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal.
It is a common name in Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and mostly South Asian countries
The last and first name "Iqbal" also refers to jaat people belonging to the Punjab region in India and Pakistan.
Given name
- Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal, 1877–1938), Pakistan's national poet, philosopher and intellectual
- Eqbal Mehdi (1946–2008), Pakistani painter
- Iqbal Abdulla (born 1989), Indian cricketer
- Iqbal Ahmed (born 1956), British-Bangladeshi entrepreneur
- Iqbal Z. Ahmed (born 1946), Pakistani businessman
- Muhammad Iqbal Bahoo (1944–2012), Pakistani Sufi singer
- Iqbal Bano (1935–2009), Pakistani singer
- Iqbal Kazmi, Pakistani human rights activist
- Iqbal Masih (1983–1995), Pakistani Christian child activist
- Iqbal Qasim (born 1953), Pakistani cricketer
- Iqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketer
- Iqbal Singh (academic), Indian-American academic
- Iqbal Singh (politician) (born 1945), Indian politician
- Iqbal Theba (born 1963), Pakistani-American television actor
- Iqbal Wahhab (born 1963), British-Bangladeshi restaurateur
Surname
- Amer Iqbal, Pakistani theoretical physicist
- Amjad Iqbal (born 1983), English footballer
- Ahsan Iqbal (born 1958), Pakistani politician
- Asif Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dariush Eghbali (born 1951), Iranian singer
- Faisal Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people
- Javed Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people
- Imraz Iqbal, Fijian businessman
- Mohsin Iqbal (born 1983), Indian cricketer
- Moneeb Iqbal (born 1986), Scottish cricketer
- Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born 1952), Bangladeshi scientist, professor and author
- Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Pakistani-Canadian chemist
- Nasira Iqbal, (born 1940) Pakistani Judge
- Nazia Iqbal, Pashto singer
- Razia Iqbal (born 1962), British journalist and presenter
- Rao Sikandar Iqbal (1943–2010), former Defence Minister of Pakistan
- Shahid Iqbal (born 1953), Pakistani Navy admiral
- Tamim Iqbal (born 1989), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Waleed Iqbal, Pakistani lawyer
- Zafar Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people
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