Boy · Arabic · Muslim
Adeel
عدیلSay it uh-DEEL
- Meaning today
- Just, fair, righteous
- Original meaning
- "an equal, a peer or counterpart" Lane, p. 1975
- Say it
- uh-DEEL
- Written
- عدیل
Adeel
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Adeel meaning
Adeel (عدیل) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Meaning today
Just, fair, righteous
Original Arabic meaning
"an equal, a peer or counterpart"
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 5, p. 1975 · entry ʿadīl (عَدِيلٌ), root ʿ-d-l · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Adeel (عدیل) comes from the Arabic root ʿ-d-l, which carries the ideas of evenness and balance. Lane's lexicon treats ʿadīl as meaning the same as ʿidl: a thing's equal or counterpart, such as a person who balances another in a two-sided camel litter. Name lists usually give Adeel as "just" or "fair". That sense belongs to other words from the same root, ʿadl, "justice", and ʿādil, "just", the source of the name Aadil, so for Adeel itself it is a popular rather than a dictionary meaning.
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ʿadīl, ʿidl, Book I p. 1975