Halil
HAH-lil
Turkish and Albanian variation of Khalil, Arabic
"friend"
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Updated Thu Feb 19 2026
Halil Origin and Meaning
Variation of Chalil
Popularity of the name Halil
Famous People Named Halil
- Halil AsaniSerbian football player
- Halil Sami Bey (18661925), Ottoman Army Colonel
- Halil ColakTurkish,Dutch footballer playing for Turkey
- Halil ErgunTurkish stage, movie & TV actor
- Halil Gurone of 1st Turkish immigrants to write about Netherlands
- Halil Guvenprominent Turkish professor & intellectual
- Halil Inalcikleading Turkish historian of the Ottoman Empire
The name Halil in Pop Culture
- Halilcharacter in Turkish TV series "I named her Feriha"
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