Khalil

Where Khalil comes from

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl, “friend”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Khalil
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1935
    Khalil al-Wazir born
    Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,993 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1960
    Khalil al-Hayya born
    Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau
  4. 1995
    Peak, #251
    1,118 babies named Khalil — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #461.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Khalil al-Hayya · Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, born 1960
  • Khalil al-Wazir · Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah, 1935–1988
  • Khalil Chemmam · Tunisian association football player, born 1987
  • Khalil Taha · Lebanese wrestler, 1932–2020
  • Khalil Fong · Hong Kong singer, 1983–2025

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.