Khálil
surname · Latin script
Khálil is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. In Tunisia it is the 22nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl, “friend”).
- TNTunisia≈1 in 450(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.2K
- MAMorocco≈1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Khálil itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 374 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 448 (inferred from the name graph)
227,081 named Halil, 2025
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Khalil in TR Türkiye, IN India, US United States and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl, “friend”).
Cited for this meaning 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Khálil counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | — | 227,081as Halil | 1 in 361 | 227K | Khalil | 32 |
| IN India | — | ≈99,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 270 | Khalil | 91 |
| PK Pakistan | #92 | ≈58,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Khalil | 99 |
| DZ Algeria | #77 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Khalil | 70 |
| MA Morocco | #169 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Khalil | 111 |
| TN Tunisia | #22 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 448 | — | Khalil | 81 |
| AF Afghanistan | #82 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Khalil | 31 |
| US United States | — | 17,176 | 1 in 19K | 17K | Khalil | 374 |
227,081 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025, counting the spelling halil. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Khálil mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl, “friend”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Khálil have the most bearers?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted about 227 thousand people named Halil, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Khálil?
- In the United States, the national register counted 17,176 people named Khálil in 2020, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
- How common is Khálil compared with other names?
- In Tunisia, Khálil is the 22nd most common given name of 13,277 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Khálil” — the 22nd most common given name in Tunisia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.