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Bilal (name)

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Pronunciation
  
Arabic: [bɪlaːl]

Language(s)
  
Arabic

Region of origin
  
Middle East

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
"Water"

Alternative spelling
  
Belal, Bilaal

Bilal (name)

Bilal (Arabic: بلال‎‎) is both a masculine given name and a surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

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Mononym

  • Bilal ibn al-Harith (? – died ca. 682), one of the sahaba, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
  • Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (c. 580 – c. 640), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Aksumite Ethiopian whom Muhammad chose as his muezzin
  • Bilal (American singer), (born 1979), American R&B/jazz singer
  • Bilal (British singer), (born 1993), full name Bilal Shahid, British singer of Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent
  • Bilal (Lebanese singer), (born 1983), full name Bin Bella Al-Hunteer, Lebanese gypsy singer
  • Cheb Bilal (born 1966), full name Bilal Mouffok, Algerian raï singer

    • Given name

  • Bilal Abdullah, British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
  • Bilal Akgül (born 1982), Turkish Olympian mountain biker
  • Bilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
  • Bilal Clarance, (born 1979), Danish basketball player
  • Bilal Çubukçu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
  • Bilal Duckett (born 1989), American football (soccer) player
  • Bilal Gülden, Turkish footballer
  • Bilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
  • Bilal Hajji, sometimes also known as The Chef or Bilal "The Chef" Hajji, a lyricist, songwriter and record producer based in Sweden
  • Bilal Hussein, photojournalist
  • Bilal Khan (singer) (born 1986), Pakistani pop singer and 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, Pakistani film director and cinematographer
  • Bilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politician
  • Bilal Maqsood, Pakistani pop artist and member of the Pakistani pop band Strings
  • Bilal Mohammed (born 1986), Qatari football player
  • Bilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football player
  • Bilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football player
  • Bilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putter
  • Bilal Najjarine (born 1981), Lebanese football player
  • Bilal Najjarin (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
  • Bilal Nazki (born 1947), Indian chief justice, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Bihar, India
  • Bilal Orfali, Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature and university professor
  • Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 1997), Dutch football player
  • Bilal Aziz Özer, Lebanese-Turkish footballer
  • 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 Salaam, American singer and composer
  • Bilal Shafayat (born 1984), English cricketer
  • Bilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football player
  • Bilal Skaf, Australian convicted gang rapist
  • Bilal Xhaferri (1935–1986) Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident against the Albanian communist regime

    • Middle name

  • Ahmed Bilal Osman, Sudanese politician
  • Muhammad Bilal Khan, Pakistani Justice in the Lahore High Court

    • Surname/family name

  • Ammar Bilal (born 1993), Saudi Arabian 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 Rashid Bilal (1907?-1988), famous Ethiopian Islamic scholar
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven
  • Muhsen Bilal (born 1944), Syrian surgeon, ambassador and politician
  • Muslim Belal (born 1982), real name Ashley Chin, British actor, screenwriter and spoken word performance poet
  • Wafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi American artist

    • References

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