Khalil (name)

Khalil

Khalil Gibran
Pronunciation	Arabic: [xaliːl]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	"friend"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Khaleel, Khelil
Related names	Halil

Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela.

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Khalil:

• Arabic: Khalil, Khaleel, Halil, Khelil (Ar: خليل)
• Azerbaijani: Xəlil
• Kurdish: Xelîl
• Turkish: Halil
• Bengali: Kholil (খলিল), Khalil (খালিল), Khaleel (খালীল)

Persons with the given name

Khaleel

• Khaleel Mamoon (born 1948), Urdu poet
• Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (1927–1978), Urdu poet

Al-Khalil

• Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi: an 8th-century Muslim scholar best known as the author of Kitab al-'Ayn

Khalil

• Khalil (actor) (1903–1941), Indian actor
• Khalil (singer) (Khalil Amir Sharief; born 1994), American singer
• Khalil Ahmed (1936–1997), Pakistani composer
• Khalil Azmi (born 1964), Moroccan footballer
• Khalil Bass (born 1990), American football player
• Khalil Davis (born 1996), American football player
• Khalil Fong (born 1983), Hong Kong singer and songwriter
• Khalil Gibran (1883–1931), Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer
• Khalil Greene, American baseball player
• Khalil al-Hibri, Lebanese politician
• Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (died 14th-century), Egyptian jurisprudent
• Khalil Kain (born 1964), American actor
• Khalil Khamis (born 1992), Emirati footballer
• Khalil Khamis (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
• Khalil Mack (born 1991), American football defensive end and outside linebacker
• Khalil Maleki (1903–1969), Iranian politician
• Khalil Mamut (born 1977), Uyghur refugee
• Khalil el-Moumni (born 1941), Moroccan imam
• Khalil Paden (born 1989), American football player
• Khalil Rashow (born 1952), also known as Xelîl Cindî Reşo, Yazidi-Kurdish academic, writer and researcher
• Khalil Rountree Jr., (born 1990), American mixed martial artist
• Khalil al-Sakakini (1878–1953), Palestinian academic
• Khalil Tate (born 1998), American football player

Khelil

• Khelil Bouhageb (1863-1942), Tunisian politician and reformer

Persons with the surname

Khaleel

• Bob Khaleel, American hip hop artist, better known by his stage name Bronx Style Bob
• Ibrahim Khaleel (born 1982), Indian cricketer

Khalil

• Christel Khalil, American actress of Pakistani and African descent
• Ahmed Khalil, Emirati footballer
• Rabih Abou-Khalil, Lebanese oud player and composer
• Faisal Khalil, Emirati footballer

Khelil

• Chakib Khelil (born 1939), Algerian politician, minister
• Rima Khelil (born 1989), Algerian team handball player

See also

• Kahlil
• Khalil (disambiguation)