In all the world, خليفة (Khalifa 
, Kalifa , Khelifa 
, along with others...) is a common predominantly male, but very seldom feminine first name. The first name خليفة is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Bahrain, where it is quite a common masculine name, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Algeria, Morocco, and Nigeria. More frequently, خليفة is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Kalifa, Khalefa, Khalifa | Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, India, Sudan |
| Khelifa | Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, India, Sudan |
| Khalife | United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India |
| Khalifeh | Lebanon, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan |
| خليفة | Turkey |
خليفة is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kalifa , the fictional character from One Piece.
| خليفة بن خياط Arab historian of Abbasid era (777-854), IQ (b. 777) |
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| خليفة بن محمد آل خليفة Bahraini theologian (1708-1783), BH (b. 1708) |
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| خليفة بن علي الأحسائي Saudi Arabian Islamic jurist, SA (b. 1781) |
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| خليفة بن شخبوط بن ذياب آل نهيان sheikh, AE (b. 1785) |
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خليفة بن حارب Sultan of Zanzibar (1879-1960), OM (b. 1879) |
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خليفة بن يوسف السويدي United Arab Emirates politician (1915-1971), AE (b. 1915) |
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خليفة التليسي Libyan historian, LY (b. 1930) |
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خليفة بن سلمان آل خليفة Prime Minister of Bahrain, BH (b. 1935) |
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خليفة شاطر Tunisian historian and academic, TN (b. 1936) |
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| خليفة بن عسكر LY (b. 1878) |
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خليفة بلقاسم حفتر Libyan military officer, LY (b. 1943) |
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خليفة بن أحمد آل خليفة Bahraini soldier, BH (b. 1946) |
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سبيكة بنت إبراهيم آل خليفة Bahraini royal, BH (b. 1948) |
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خليفة بن زايد آل نهيَّان 2nd president of the United Arab Emirates, AE (b. 1948) |
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| خليفة الجري Kuwaiti politician, KW (b. 1928) |
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