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Halilu

/ha-LEE-loo/Hausa · a boy’s name

A loyal friend and companion

How to say it
ha-LEE-loo
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
common · also a surname
For a girl
Halima

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

HaliluKhalilHalil

From the same family