Bilal (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	Africa
Other names
Alternative spelling	Bilel, Billel, Belal, Bilaal, Belaal
Derived	Bailul, Bailool, Baylool (Arabic: بايلول)

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

Mononym

• Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (c. 580 – c. 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
• Bilal Mansoor Ali (born 1988), Kenyan-Bahraini distance runner

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
• Billel Attafen (born 1985), Algerian football player
• Bilal Aziz Özer, Lebanese-Turkish footballer
• Bilal Baig (born 1995), Canadian writer and actor
• Billel Benaldjia (born 1988), Algerian football player
• Bilal Çubukçu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Bilal Duckett (born 1989), American football (soccer) player
• Billel Dziri (born 1972), Algerian football player
• Bilal Fawaz (born c. 1988), UK-based Nigerian born boxer of Lebanese/Benin descent
• Bilal Gülden (born 1993), Turkish footballer
• Bilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
• Bilal Hajji, lyricist, songwriter and record producer based in Sweden
• Bilal Hasna (born 1999), British actor
• Bilal Hassani (born 1999), French pop singer and YouTuber
• Bilal Hussein, photojournalist
• Bilel Ifa (born 1990), Tunisian football player
• 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 (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
• 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 chief justice, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Bihar, India
• 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

Middle name

• Ahmed Bilal Osman, Sudanese politician
• Mohamed Billel Benaldjia (born 1988), Algerian football player

Surname/family name

• 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
• Muslim Belal (born 1982), British actor, screenwriter and spoken word performance poet
• Wafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi American artist