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Hilal

/hee-LAHL/ MasculineArabic

Meaning

Hilal is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “crescent moon”.

Hilal names the slender crescent moon whose sighting begins each month of the Islamic calendar, giving the word deep religious resonance. It has been used as a personal name since early Islamic history and remains current across the Middle East and Turkey.

Common in Turkey and the Arab world, where it is also used for girls; rare in English-speaking countries.

At a glance

Origin
Arabic
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/hee-LAHL/
Themes
MoonNight

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Questions

  • Hilal is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “crescent moon”. Hilal names the slender crescent moon whose sighting begins each month of the Islamic calendar, giving the word deep religious resonance.

  • Hilal is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Common in Turkey and the Arab world, where it is also used for girls; rare in English-speaking countries.

  • The name Hilal comes from Arabic. Hilal names the slender crescent moon whose sighting begins each month of the Islamic calendar, giving the word deep religious resonance. It has been used as a personal name since early Islamic history and remains current across the Middle East and Turkey.

  • Hilal is pronounced hee-LAHL.

More names that mean moon

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Aybek MasculineTurkic“moon lord”
  2. Ayla FeminineTurkish“moonlight, halo around the moon”
  3. Aylin FeminineTurkish“halo of the moon”
  4. Badr MasculineArabic“full moon”
  5. Chandra UnisexSanskrit“moon, shining”
  6. Diana FeminineLatin“divine, heavenly”