Kalifa
# Kalifa

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

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

## 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
