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"Calil" redirects here; not to be confused with Khalil.

Not to be confused with Djalil (disambiguation) or Dalil (disambiguation).

Jalil, Jahlil, Jaleel, or Celil is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Celil

• Celil Nalçakan (born 1978), Turkish actor and singer
• Celil Oker (1952–2019), Turkish writer
• Celil Yüksel (born 1998), Turkish footballer

Jahlil

• Jahlil Beats (born 1988), American hip hop record producer
• Jahlil Okafor (born 1995), Nigerian-American basketball player
• Jahlil Tripp (born 1997), American basketball player

Jaleel

• Jaleel Ahmad (1941–1996), Indian Islamic scholar, educator, and politician
• Jaleel Cousins (born 1993), American basketball player
• Jaleel Croal (born 2003), British Virgin Islands sprinter
• Jaleel Johnson (born 1994), American football player
• Jaleel Khan (born 1954), Indian politician
• Jaleel McLaughlin (born 2000), American football player
• Jaleel Roberts (born 1992), American basketball player
• Jaleel Scott (born 1995), American football player
• Jaleel Seve-Derbas (born 1996), Lebanese rugby league footballer
• Jaleel Shaw (born 1978), American jazz alto saxophonist
• Jaleel White (born 1976), American actor

Jalil

• Jalil Andrabi (died 1996), Kashmiri victim of Jalil Andrabi murder case
• Jalil Anibaba (born 1988), American footballer
• Jalil Baghdadbeyov (1887–1951), Azerbaijani art critic and ethnographer
• Jalil Bethea (born 2005), American basketball player
• Jalil Brown (born 1987), American football player
• Jalil Carter (born 1989), American football player
• Jalil Che Din (1934–1992), Malaysian footballer
• Jalil Eftekhari (born 1965), Iranian cyclist
• Jalil Elías (born 1996), Argentinian-Syrian footballer
• Jalil Farjad (born 1952), Iranian actor
• Jalil Farooq (born 2001), American football player
• Jalil Hanoon (born 1952), Iraqi footballer
• Jalil Hashim, Iraqi basketball player
• Jalil Huseynov (born 1957), Azerbaijani painter
• Jalil Jafari (born 1967), Iranian politician
• Jalil Javadov (1918–1980), Soviet Azerbaijani Army officer
• Jalil Bagheri Jeddi (born 1972), Iranian paralympic athlete
• Jalil Abbas Jilani (born 1955), Pakistani diplomat
• Jalil Keyekbaev (1911–1968), Soviet linguist
• Jalil Khazal (born 1960), Iraqi poet, writer, and a researcher
• Jalil Lespert (born 1976), French actor, screenwriter and director
• Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1932), Azerbaijani satirist and writer
• Jalil Mokhtar (born 1974), Iranian politician
• Jalil Moslemi, Iranian fighter pilot
• Jalil Muntaqim (born 1951), American political activist
• Jalil Ramli (born 1965), Malaysian footballer
• Jalil Rasouli (born 1947), Iranian artist and Persian calligrapher
• Jalil Safarov (1962–1992), Azerbaijani war hero
• Jalil Shahnaz (1921–2013), Iranian musician and tar player
• Jalil Shihab (born 1927), Iraqi footballer
• Jalil Tarif, Jordanian economist
• Jalil Zaidan (born 1967), Iraqi footballer
• Jalil Zaland (1935–2009), Afghan poet, composer, and singer
• Jalil Zandi (1951–2001), Iranian fighter pilot
• Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999), Iranian painter
• Khalil Jalil Hamza (died 2007), Iraqi politician

Surname

Jaleel

• Ali Jaleel (1979–2009), Maldivian alleged terrorist
• Moosa Ali Jaleel (born 1960), Maldivian army officer
• Muzamil Jaleel (born 1972), Indian journalist

Jalil

• Ananta Jalil (born 1978), Bangladeshi actor, director, producer, and industrialist
• Jalile Jalil (born 1936), Kurdish historian
• Jannat Jalil, British TV and radio news presenter
• Javeria Jalil (born 1972), Pakistani actress
• Nasreen Jalil (born 1947), Pakistani politician
• Qanita Jalil (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
• Raúl Jalil (born 1963), Argentine politician
• Tábata Jalil (born 1979), Mexican TV host

Places

• Jalil, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Bukit Jalil, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Puncak Jalil, a township in Selangor, Malaysia
• Oum El Djalil, a town in Algeria
• Galilee (romanized al-Jalīl), a region in Israel
• Ijlil al-Qibliyya, (Southern al-Jalil), a village in Palestine depopulated and destroyed in 1948
• Ijlil al-Shamaliyya, (Northern al-Jalil), a village in Palestine depopulated and destroyed in 1948

Other

• al-Jalil, "The Majestic", a name of God in Islam
• S. M. Jaleel and Company, a Trinidadian drinks company
• Jalil (horse), an American racehorse

See also

• All pages with titles containing Jalil
• All pages with titles containing Callil
• Jalili
• Jalal, a given name and surname
• Djalil (disambiguation)
• Dzhalil (disambiguation)