Kalifa

Kalifa is a given name or a surname derived from caliph and caliphate

Kalifa

Pronunciation	Arabic: [xaliːfa]
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Vicegerent, Successor, Steward
Region of origin	Arabia
Other names
Alternative spelling	Khalifah, Khaleefa, Khaleefah, Caliph
Variant form(s)	Khalifeh (Persian), Halife (Turkish), Kalifa (West African)

Khalifa or Khalifah is a name or title which means "successor", "leader" or "ruler". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and orders. Khalifa is sometimes also pronounced as "kalifa".

People

Given name

• Kalifa Cissé (born 1984), Malian footballer
• Kalifa Coulibaly (born 1991), Malian footballer
• Kalifa Faifai Loa (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Kalifa Kambi (1955–2011), Gambian politician and government minister. Also member of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament from Gambia
• Kalifa Tillisi (1930–2010), Libyan historian, translator, and linguist
• Kalifa Traoré (born 1991), Malian footballer

Surname

• Dominique Kalifa, French historian, professor
• Moussa Mohamed Kalifa (born 1967), Libyan citizen who was charged with being a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, and accused of participating in terrorism after he attempted to move to Canada as a refugee under a false name in 2001
• Sahim Omar Kalifa (born 1980), Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker

Stage name

• Le1f, American rapper also known as Kalifa

Fictional characters

• Kalifa (One Piece), character in the manga and anime series One Piece

House of Khalifa

• Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
• Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain
• Meriam Al Khalifa

See also

• Khalifa (disambiguation)
• Sayyid Muhammad Sharif (Kalifa) (died 1899), one of the three Kalifas or lieutenants of Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885), who styled himself in Sudan as the Mahdi
• The Steel Lady, aka Treasure of Kalifa, American action film