Halil

Halil is a common Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian male given name. It is equivalent to the Arabic given name and surname Khalil or its variant Khaleel.

Notable persons with the name include:


 * Halil Akbunar (born 1993), Turkish footballer
 * Halil Akkaş (born 1983), Turkish middle distance runner
 * Halil Akıncı (born 1945), Turkish diplomat
 * Halil Altındere (born 1971), Turkish artist
 * Halil Altıntop (born 1982), Turkish footballer
 * Halil Asani (born 1974), Serbian footballer
 * Halil Bajramović (born 1971), Bosnian businessman
 * Halil Berktay (born 1947), Turkish historian
 * Halil Sami Bey (1866–1925), Ottoman Army colonel
 * Halil Bıçakçı (born 1926), Turkish football manager
 * Halil Çolak (born 1988), Turkish footballer
 * Halil Dervişoğlu (born 1999), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent
 * Halil Sezai Erkut (1908–1988), Turkish government minister and politician
 * Halil Ergün (born 1946), Turkish actor
 * Halil Gür (born 1951), Dutch author of Turkish origin
 * Halil Güven (born 1956), American professor and university administrator of Turkish Cypriot descent
 * Halil İbrahim Eren (born 1956), Turkish footballer
 * Halil İnalcık (born 1916), Turkish historian
 * Halil Jaganjac (born 1998), Croatian handball player
 * Halil Jaçellari (1940–2009), Albanian writer and translator
 * Halil Kanacević (born 1991), American-born Montenegrin basketball player
 * Halil Kaya (1920–?), Turkish Olympic sport wrestler
 * Halil Kut (1881–1957), Ottoman-born Turkish regional governor, military commander and genocide perpetrator
 * Halil Köse (born 1997), Belgian-born Turkish footballer
 * Halil Menteşe (1874–1948), Turkish government minister, politician and genocide perpetrator
 * Halil Suleyman Ozerden (born 1966), American lawyer and judge
 * Halil Pasha (disambiguation), several people
 * Halil Mete Soner, Turkish-American mathematician and academic
 * Halil Mutlu (born 1973), Bulgarian-Turkish Olympic weightlifter
 * Halil Mutlu (politics), Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the USA
 * Halil Mëniku (died 1967), Albanian politician and publisher
 * Halil Savda (born 1974), Turkish conscientious objector
 * Halil Savran (born 1985), Turkish-German footballer
 * Halil Tikveša (born 1935), Bosnian painter
 * Halil Uysal (1973–2008), Turkish journalist and film director
 * Halil Yeral (born 2000), Turkish footballer
 * Halil Zeybek (born 1985), Turkish footballer
 * Halil Zorba (born 1988), British weightlifter
 * Halil Zıraman (1927–1984), Turkish javelin thrower
 * Halil Çolak (born 1988), Turkish footballer
 * Halil Ürün (born 1968), Turkish politician
 * Halil İnalcık (1916–2016), Turkish historian