Kalifa

Kalifa is a given name or a surname derived from caliph and caliphate

Khalifa or Khalifah is a name or title which means "successor", "leader" or "ruler". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and orders. Khalifa is sometimes also pronounced as "kalifa".

People

 * Given name
 * Kalifa Cissé (born 1984), Malian footballer
 * Kalifa Coulibaly (born 1991), Malian footballer
 * Kalifa Faifai Loa (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league footballer
 * Kalifa Kambi (1955–2011), Gambian politician and government minister. Also member of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament from Gambia
 * Kalifa Tillisi (1930–2010), Libyan historian, translator, and linguist
 * Kalifa Traoré (born 1991), Malian footballer


 * Surname
 * Dominique Kalifa, French historian, professor
 * Moussa Mohamed Kalifa (born 1967), Libyan citizen who was charged with being a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, and accused of participating in terrorism after he attempted to move to Canada as a refugee under a false name in 2001
 * Sahim Omar Kalifa (born 1980), Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker


 * Stage name
 * Le1f, American rapper also known as Kalifa

Fictional characters

 * Kalifa (One Piece), character in the manga and anime series One Piece

House of Khalifa

 * Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
 * Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain
 * Meriam Al Khalifa