Around the globe, Chalifa (Халифа 
, Chalifa 
, خليفة 
) is a rare dominantly female, but seldom masculine first name. The first name Chalifa is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare primarily feminine, but scarcely male name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly male name, and Greece, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan. Likewise, Chalifa is the last name as well as the forename.