Kahlil  Kahlil is an anglicized spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Khalil, famously used by Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931; born "Gibran Khalil Gibran") in English after he was registered under that name by the Josiah Quincy School of Boston following his immigration to the United States. Notable persons with the name Kahlil include: