Fazila as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fazila

What is the meaning of the name Fazila ?

The baby name Fazila is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced fah-ZEE-lah (IPA: /fəˈziːlə/).

Fazila is Arabic in Origin.

Fazila is an Arabic feminine given name derived from Faḍīla (فضيلة) “virtue, excellence,” and also the feminine adjective Fāḍila (فاضلة) “virtuous.” It stems from the triliteral root F-Ḍ-L (faḍl), conveying bounty, favor, and to excel. In Persian and Urdu pronunciation, the emphatic ḍād is realized as z, yielding the widespread South Asian spelling Fazila. The meaning centers on moral excellence, merit, and graciousness; it is cognate with the male name Fadil/Fāḍil, “excellent, generous.”

Used across the Arabic-speaking world since early Islamic times, the name traveled with Persianate and Ottoman cultures into South and Central Asia and the Balkans. Common variants include Fadila, Fadhila (Maghrebi/East African/Swahili), Fazeela or Fazilah (South Asia), and Turkish Fazilet. Related forms include Fazilat (Urdu noun “virtue,” sometimes used as a name) and compound honorifics like Fazilat-un-Nisa (“most virtuous of women”). The name retains steady, culturally rooted usage, favored for its aspirational, ethical resonance.