Behind the Name: Comments for the name Bilal

Comments for BILAL:

An African slave who rebelled against his masters in Saudi Arabia at the time when Islam arose. He was the first Muazin (first person who gave the call for prayer).

-- Anonymous User 6/4/2005

I don't really like this name. It doesn't mean something very nice in Portuguese, so I associate it with bad stuff.

-- dreamgirl54 11/10/2007

Dreamgirl-- You may be pronouncing the name incorrectly.

-- Shahzadi 12/19/2010

It is a Muslim name. Bilal was an Ethiopian slave who was freed by the Prophet Muhammad and became the first Muezzin (person who calls people to prayer).

-- Salamtou 3/19/2008

This name is also used in Turkey.

-- Lucille 11/17/2009

Bilal Powell is an American football player (born 1988 in Lakeland, Florida).

-- Anonymous User 8/17/2012

I have a friend named Bilal and I've been calling him BEE-lo, but apparently, he pronounced it as bi-LAWL.

-- starmaddy 3/18/2013

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