Navabi

Navabi (adjective form of نواب (navāb) meaning "nabob", "nawab" – and thus roughly translating as "of Navab", "from a nabob (rich Mughal ruler)", "relating to a nabob") is a Persian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Armin Navabi (born 1983), Iranian-Canadian ex-Muslim atheist and secular activist, author and podcaster
 * Hakan Massoud Navabi (born 1990), Afghan-Canadian freelance journalist, writer and entrepreneur
 * Shirin Navabi (born 1980), Iranian female chess player

Fictional character

 * Samar Navabi, character from the American crime drama television series The Blacklist