Minhal

Minhal (منهل) is an attested Arabic name meaning 'spring' or 'a place from which water is drawn'. The lexical root نَهَلَ and the noun منهل occur in classical Arabic dictionaries to denote a water source or place of drawing water. As a given name, Minhal preserves the sense of nourishment and life associated with springs, and it appears among modern Arab and South Asian Muslim families seeking a classical yet uncommon feminine name. It is distinct from the common names Manal and Mina, and it is sometimes discussed alongside nature-derived names such as [[Mansur]] (by phonetic proximity) or virtue-related names like [[Mujib]] when contrasting semantic fields. Minhal is not a Qur'anic proper name; its use is literary and lexical, grounded in Arabic morphology and classical sources rather than being the name of a Qur'anic figure.