Bilal (name)

Male given name

Bilal

Bilal Ibn Rabah, the first muezzin

Pronunciation| Arabic: [bɪlaːl]
Gender| Male
Language(s)| Arabic
Origin
Meaning| "Full moon, Water, Victorious, Winner "
Region of origin| Middle East, Africa
Other names
Alternative spelling| Bilel, Billel, Belal, Bilaal, Belaal
Derived| Bailul, Bailool, Baylool (Arabic: بايلول)

Bilal (Arabic: بلال Bilāl), or variants, is both a given name and a surname of Arabic/African origin. Notable people with the name include:

## Mononym

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* Bilal ibn Rabah (580–640), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* Bilal ibn al-Harith (? – died c. 682), one of the sahaba, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* Cheb Bilal (born 1966), full name Bilal Mouffok, Algerian raï singer
* Bilal (American singer) (born 1979), American R&B/jazz singer
* Bilal (Lebanese singer) (born 1983), Lebanese gypsy singer
* Belal Mansoor Ali (born 1988), Kenyan-Bahraini distance runner

## Given name

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* Bilal Abdullah (born 1980), British doctor behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
* Bilal Akgül (born 1982), Turkish Olympian mountain biker
* Bilal Ali (born 1951), American politician
* Bilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
* Billel Attafen (born 1985), Algerian football player
* Bilal Aziz Özer (born 1985), Lebanese-Turkish footballer
* Bilal Baig (born 1995), Canadian writer and actor
* Billel Benaldjia (born 1988), Algerian football player
* Bilal Coulibaly (born 2004), French basketball player
* Bilal Çubukçu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
* Bilal Duckett (born 1989), American soccer player
* Billel Dziri (born 1972), Algerian football player
* Bilal Fawaz (born c. 1988), UK-based Nigerian born boxer
* Bilal Gülden (born 1993), Turkish footballer
* Bilal Gurbanov (born 2006), Azerbaijani gymnast
* Bilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
* Bilal Hajji, Moroccan Swedish lyricist, songwriter and record producer
* Bilal Hasna (born 1999), British actor
* Bilal Hassani (born 1999), French pop singer and YouTuber
* Bilal Hussein, Iraqi photojournalist
* Bilel Ifa (born 1990), Tunisian football player
* Bilal Khan (singer) (born 1986), Pakistani singer-songwriter
* Bilal Khan (actor) (1978–2010), Pakistani television actor and model
* Bilal Khazal, Lebanese Australian suspected member of Al-Qaeda
* Bilal Kısa (born 1983), Turkish footballer
* Bilal Lashari (born 1984), Pakistani film director and cinematographer
* Bilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politician
* Bilal Maqsood (born 1971), Pakistani pop artist and member of the Pakistani pop band Strings
* Bilal Mohammed (born 1986), Qatari football player
* Bilel Mohsni (born 1987), French-Tunisian football player
* Franck Ribéry, later known as Bilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football player
* Bilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football player
* Bilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putter
* Billel Naïli (born 1986), Algerian football player
* Bilal Najdi (born 1993), Lebanese football player
* Bilal El Najjarine (born 1981), Lebanese football player
* Bilal Najjarin (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
* Bilal Nazki (born 1947), Indian jurist
* Bilal Nichols (born 1996), American football player
* Billel Omrani (born 1993), French football player
* Bilal Orfali, Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature
* Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 1997), Dutch football player
* Bilal Philips (born 1947), speaker and author on Islam
* Bilal Powell (born 1988), American football running back
* Bilal Rafiq (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
* Bilal Rifaat (born 1957), Egyptian fencer
* Bilal Saeed (born 1988), Pakistani singer and songwriter
* Bilal Salaam, American singer and composer
* Bilal Shafayat (born 1984), English cricketer
* Bilel Slimani (born 1989), Algerian football player
* Bilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football player
* Bilal Skaf (born 1981), Australian convicted gang rapist
* Bilal Wahib (born 1999), Dutch actor, singer and rapper
* Bilal Xhaferri (1935–1986), Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident

## Surname or family name

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* Asmar Bilal (born 1997), American football player
* Badr Bilal (born 1962), Qatari football player
* Charles Bilal, American administrator, mayor of Kountze, Texas
* Enki Bilal (born 1951), French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
* Malika Bilal, broadcast journalist
* Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945), nuclear scientist, Chief Minister of Zanzibar
* Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven
* Muhsen Bilal (born 1944), Syrian surgeon, ambassador and politician
* Ashley Chin (born 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, British actor, screenwriter and spoken word performance poet
* Wafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi American artist