# Wael

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wael
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wael.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wael
> Source revision: 1339706198
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Infobox given name
| name = Wa'el
| image=
| imagesize=
| caption=
| pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|ˈwæːˈel|}} <br> or {{IPA|ar|ˈwæːˈil|}} <br> 
| gender = Male
| meaning = 
| region = Arabia/Mesopotamia
| origin = Arabic/Aramaic/Proto-Semitic
| related names =
| footnotes = 
| wikt = 
}}

'''Wa'el''', also spelt '''Wael''', is an ancient Aramaic male given name. The first currently known usage of the name was found and translated at a site called [Sumatar Harabesi](/source/Sumatar_Harabesi).<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uq2_tK0L2g4C&q=wael+kind+of+edessa&pg=RA2-PT506 | title=The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads| isbn=9781136872891| last1=Retso| first1=Jan| date=2013-07-04}}</ref> There is coinage and inscriptions mentioning a King of Edessa, the "Parthian Wael" and "Wael the king" (Syriac: W'L MLK') on coins around 163AD after the Parthians captured the region from the Romans.<ref>Millar, Near East, 112.</ref> The names' usage is pre-Islamic. The name's meaning origin is unknown, however, there are a few different definitions depending on how an ancient text was translated. These known meanings are "clan", "seeking shelter", and "protector".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imuslim.name/4409-meaning-Wael-muslim-arabic-names.html|title=What does Wael (Muslim Arabic Name) mean?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quranicnames.com/wael/|title=Wael - Islamic Name Meaning - Baby Names for Muslims}}</ref> Pronunciation differs based on the varieties of Arabic.

The name Wael remains relatively rare.<ref>https://firstnames.blog/firstnames/wael/</ref>

Notable people with the name include:

* [Wael Abbas](/source/Wael_Abbas) (born 1974), Egyptian blogger
* [Wael Abdelgawad](/source/Wael_Abdelgawad) (born 1965), American author and martial artist
* [Wael Al-Dahdouh](/source/Wael_Al-Dahdouh) (born 1970), Palestinian journalist 
* [Wael Badr](/source/Wael_Badr) (born 1978), Egyptian basketball player
* [Wael Ghonim](/source/Wael_Ghonim) (born 1980), Egyptian computer engineer, author and activist
* [Wael Gomaa](/source/Wael_Gomaa) (born 1975), Egyptian footballer
* [Wael Hallaq](/source/Wael_Hallaq) (born 1955), Palestinian scholar of Islamic studies
* [Wael Jassar](/source/Wael_Jassar) (born 1976), Lebanese singer
* [Wael Kfoury](/source/Wael_Kfoury) (born 1974), Lebanese singer
* [Wael Nazha](/source/Wael_Nazha) (born 1974), Lebanese footballer
* [Wael Riad](/source/Wael_Riad) (born 1982), Egyptian footballer
* [Wael Sawan](/source/Wael_Sawan) (born 1974), Lebanese-Canadian business executive
* [Wael Talaat](/source/Wael_Talaat) (1964–2025), Egyptian snooker player
* [Wael Zwaiter](/source/Wael_Zwaiter) (1934–1972), Palestinian writer and translator

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{given name}}
Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wael](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wael) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wael?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.