Boys' names
Hilal
Crescent moon
هِلَال
Hilal
Crescent moon
Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Hilal
Arabic
هِلَال
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
h-l-l
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Reference
Surah al-Baqarah 2:189
Origin & meaning
Used in the Quran for the moon as a sign of times.
Quranic source
Surah al-Baqarah 2:189
Themes
“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).