as a Last Name
- 5,489
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Khalil
Meaning & Origins
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic khalīl ‘friend’. Khalīlullah ‘friend of Allah’ is an honorific title given to the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). See the Qur’an 4:125: ‘Allah took Abraham as his friend.’
| 6,284th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,489
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Khalil per capita
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