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By Madison Dresler · Jul 2026

HAH-lil

Halil

OriginTurkish and Albanian variation of Khalil, Arabic
Meaning"friend"
GenderBoy

About Halil

Variation of Chalil

World rankings

#76🇹🇷 Turkey#473🇩🇪 Germany

Famous Halils

  • Halil Asani

    Serbian football player

  • Halil Sami Bey (1866

    1925), Ottoman Army Colonel

  • Halil Colak

    Turkish,Dutch footballer playing for Turkey

  • Halil Ergun

    Turkish stage, movie & TV actor

  • Halil Gur

    one of 1st Turkish immigrants to write about Netherlands

  • Halil Guven

    prominent Turkish professor & intellectual

  • Halil Inalcik

    leading Turkish historian of the Ottoman Empire

Halil in pop culture

  • Halil

    character in Turkish TV series "I named her Feriha"

Halil in blog posts

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