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هِلَال
Hilal
hee-LAAL
“Crescent moon.”
About Hilal
Hilal is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "crescent moon" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ه-ل-ل meaning 'to appear (of the new moon)'. Used in Turkey as both masculine and feminine; primarily feminine in modern Turkish usage.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Hilal's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Hilal
- What does the name Hilal mean?
- Hilal (هِلَال) means "Crescent moon". From the Arabic root ه-ل-ل meaning 'to appear (of the new moon)'. Used in Turkey as both masculine and feminine; primarily feminine in modern Turkish usage.
- Is Hilal a name from the Qur'an?
- Hilal does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Hilal a boy or a girl name?
- Hilal is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Hilal come from?
- Hilal is a Turkish-Arabic name, built on the root letters H-L-L.
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