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Boy name Turkish origin Muslim tradition

Halil

hah-LEEL · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
close friend; intimate companion
Language
Turkish
Culture
Turkish
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · classic
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Popularity over time

2020 rank#12734
2020 births5
Peak year2017
First appeared1999
Total US births94
2017 peak19992004201020152020
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Hali
Alternate spellings
KhalilHaleel
In other languages
Halil (Turkish)Khalil (Arabic)

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Notable people named Halil

Halil Inalcik (historian)
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