Worldwide, Al-Khatib (الخطيب 
, Al-Khatib 
, Аль-Хатиб 
) is quite a common principally boy's, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Al-Khatib is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but very seldom girly name, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare male name. Predominantly, Al-Khatib is the last name as well as the forename. Parts of the name also exists independently as a first name Al, and a last name Khatib.
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| الخطيب | Yemen, Palestinian Territory, Syria, Egypt, Jordan |
| Al-Khatib | Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan |
| Аль-Хатиб | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, United States, Ukraine |
Аль-Кхатиб, and Аль-Хатіб
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imam maulana abdul manaf amin al-khatib ID (b. 1922) |
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ahmad aqil al-khatib Chairman of Board of Directors for the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (b. 1965) |
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| nimr al-khatib Palestinian military leader (b. 1918) |
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| ahmad shafik al-khatib Palestinian-Lebanese lexicographer (b. 1926) |
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