Kahleel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kah-LEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
Kahleel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close friend”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kahleel mean?
Arabic: variant of Khalil
“close friend”
A spelling of Khalil, Arabic for 'close friend'; Khalil Allah, 'friend of God', is a title of Abraham in Islam.
Is Kahleel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahleel is a boys' name.
How popular is Kahleel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Kahleel in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kahleel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Kahleel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khalil, Kayden, Hamza, Keegan, Aiden, Brayden, Kian, Nasir, Zahir, Amir, Khalid, Declan
Names related to Kahleel
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kahleel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahleel, updated 20 October 2026.