Najm al-Din (), also transliterated Najm ad-Din, Najmuddin, etc., is a male given name of Arabic origin, formed from Najm and al-Din, meaning "star of the religion". It may refer to: People Najm al-Din Ayyub (died 1173), Kurdish soldier, father of Saladin Najm al-Din al-Khabushani (1116–1191), Persian Shafi'i jurist Najmuddin Kubra (1145–1221), Persian Sufi philosopher Najm al-Din Razi (1177–1256), Persian Sufi philosopher Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub, or just As-Salih Ayyub (c. 1205–1249), Ayyubid ruler of Egypt Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (died 1276), Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Shafi`i school Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), Persian physician Najimuddin Ali Khan (1750–1766), Nawab of Bengal Jumeken Najimedenov (1935–1983), Kazakh composer Najmuddin Shaikh (born 1939), Pakistani diplomat Najmaldin Karim (1949-2020), Governor of Kirkuk Province Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar (born 1956), exiled Kurdish politician Najmadin Shukr Rauf (1957–1985), Kurdish soldier Suzan Najm Aldeen (born 1966), Syrian actress Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (born 1986), Sudanese athlete Najm Eldin Abdullah (born 1987), Sudanese footballer Najmiddin Jalolov (died 2009?), Uzbek Islamic fighter Najmuddin Khan, Pakistani politician Places Mazraeh-ye Khodaqoli Najam ol Din, village in Iran See also Necmettin Arabic masculine given names