Kalifa Explained

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

Kalifa
Caption:	Abu Bakr (in dark red) was the first Khalifa (Caliph)
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ar/
Meaning:	Vicegerent, Successor, Steward
Region:	Arabia
Language:	Arabic
Alternative Spelling:	Khalifah, Khaleefa, Khaleefah, Caliph
Variant Forms:	Khalifeh (Persian), Halife (Turkish), Kalifa (West African)

Khalifa or Khalifah is a name or title which means "successor", "leader" or "ruler".

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.
• 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.
• 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).
• The Steel Lady, aka Treasure of Kalifa, American action film