Kahlil is a spelling of the Arabic name Khalil, which means "friend" or "close companion"; in Islam Khalil Allah, friend of God, is a title of Abraham. The spelling with Kah was made famous by the Lebanese American poet Kahlil Gibran, whose book The Prophet has been a bestseller since 1923. In the United States Kahlil ranked number 1158 in 2000, peaked at number 1112 in 2001 and stood at number 2623 in 2025 with 50 boys.