Khalaf (name)

Khalaf is both a given name and a surname.

Notable people

Given name

• Khalaf al-Bazzar (d. 844), canonical reader of the Qur'an
• Khalaf I (937–1009), Amir of Sistan
• Khalaf Al-Enezi (born 1952), Kuwaiti politician
• Khalaf Al Salamah (born 1979), Kuwaiti footballer
• Khalaf al-Ulayyan, Iraqi politician
• Khalaf Khalafov (born 1959), Azerbaijani politician
• Khalaf Masa'deh (died 2015), Jordanian lawyer and politician

Surname

• Abbas Khalaf, Iraqi translator
• Abdulhadi Khalaf (born 1945), Bahrani political activist and academic
• Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf (born 1992), Iraqi footballer
• Farida Khalaf, ISIS escapee and author
• Hevrin Khalaf (1984–2019), Kurdish-Syrian politician and civil engineer
• Karim Khalaf (1935–1985), Palestinian politician
• Khaled Khalaf (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer
• Riyadh Khalaf (born 1991), Irish media personality / presenter
• Rima Khalaf (born 1953), Jordanian UN official
• Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times
• Salah Khalaf (1933–1991), Palestinian PLO official
• Samir Khalaf (born 1933), Lebanese sociologist
• Umayyah ibn Khalaf, contemporary of Muhammad