Bi̇lal
Fewer than eighty men in Poland carry Bilal, and the birth records show none given in the years tracked. The name comes from Arabic and Turkish, well outside the usual Polish roster.
Bi̇lal Pronunciation
Bi̇lal is pronounced BİLAHL (/bi̇lal/).
What Bi̇lal means
Where Bi̇lal comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bilal comes from Arabic, and its meaning points back to water. The root b-l-l gives words for wetting and moistening, and "bilal" belongs to that family. That is the short meaning most name books record: wetting, moistening.
The name is famous for one man. Bilal ibn Rabah was an Abyssinian slave freed in the earliest days of Islam, and he became its first muezzin, the voice that called believers to prayer. His story spread the name across Arabic-speaking lands and later Turkey, where Bilal stays common today.
In Poland the name arrives with Muslim families and Turkish ties. A teacher reading a class register might now find a Bilal seated among the Kacpers and Franeks. The name brought no Polish diminutive with it, so it holds one steady form.
From a word for moisture to the man who called the faithful, it stays simply Bilal.
How many people are named Bi̇lal
1 in 273669 men in Poland is named Bi̇lal. 78 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4023 among male names.
Bi̇lal as a middle name
Bi̇lal is a first name for 78 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4170th, between Bilel (6) and Bjarki (6).
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#4168 Bentley6
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#4169 Bilel6
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#4170 Bi̇lal6
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#4171 Bjarki6
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#4172 Bogodar6