A fork of Rural Dictionary
Arabic in origin (طالب ); Tālib means ‘student, or seeker of knowledge & Truth.
Means "seeker of knowledge or truth, student" in Arabic.
Abu Talib was an uncle of Muhammad who raised him after his parents and grandparents died. His name was in fact a kunya (a nickname) formed using Abu; his real name may have been Imran.
Talib is a great guy, one of a kind.