Hilmi

Hilmi () is a masculine Arabic given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

First name

• Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı (born 1962), Turkish-American para-skier
• Hilmi Volkan Demir (born 1976), Turkish scientist, best known for his works on White Light Generation
• Hilmi Güler (born 1946), Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer
• Hilmi Hanoun (1913–2001), Palestinian businessman, journalist and politician
• Hilmi İşgüzar (1929-2019), Turkish politician
• Hilmi Mihçi (born 1976), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent
• Hilmi Murad (1919–1998), Egyptian economist and politician
• Hilmi Ok (1932–2020), Turkish football referee
• Hilmi Özkök (born 1940), Former chief of general staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
• Hilmi Sözer (born 1970), Turkish-German actor
• Hilmi Ziya Ülken (1901–1974), Turkish scholar
• Hilmi Yarayıcı (born 1969), Turkish musician
• Hilmi M. Zawati (born 1953), Palestinian jurist

Midname

• Ahmad Hilmi of Filibe (or Ahmet Hilmi) (1865–1914), well known Turkish Sufi writer and thinker
• Ahmed Hilmi Abd al-Baqi (1883–1963), Palestinian politician and economist
• Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001), Turkish Sunni Islamic scholar
• Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855–1922), statesman and twice Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Mustafa Hilmi Hadžiomerović (1816–1895), the first Mufti of Sarajevo appointed Reis-l-ulema in 1882 by the Austrian authorities
• Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, (1888–1959), Islamic erudite of the 20th century

Surname

• Mohamed Hilmi (1931–2022), Algerian actor
• Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960), Kurdish historian, writer and politician born in Kirkuk

See also

• Helmi, an alternate spelling