Anil (given name)

Anil is a masculine name that can be found across the world in various cultures, nations and regions. A common theme across the globe is that the name holds strong weight and is used as a masculine name.

Arabic

Anil (Arabic: النيِل) is a masculine Arabic name, though less popular in Arab countries. It stems from the root word 'anā', and often is pronounced 'Aneel' though spelt Anil. In Arabic, it means 'I am' or 'To be' which can be contextualised as 'the one who is exalted'. ^[1]

Indian

Anil (Sanskrit: अनिल) is a masculine Indian name. In the Indian Sanskrit language it can be defined as “The God of the Air and the Wind”.

Hebrew

Anil (Hebrew: חַנִּיאֵל), the name is referenced in the Song of Songs 6:3 (Shir HaShirim) Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li (אני לדודי ודודי ל ) written by King and Prophet Solomon ^[2] as 'I am'. There are variations of the name including, Aniel meaning 'I, God' and 'God is my Grace'. ^[3]

Turkish

Anil as written within European nations, with Turkish context, is a masculine name that means 'To be remembered', 'Unforgettable' and 'Just ruler'.^[4]

Notable Individuals with the Anil first name

Anil Ambani (born 1959), Indian business baron
Anil Baijal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Anil Baluni, Indian politician and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Anil Basu (born 1946), Indian politician and a former member of the Communist Party of India
Anil Bhardwaj (born 1967), Director of the Physical Research Laboratory
Anil Bhoyrul, British journalist
Anil Biswas (composer), (born 1914) Indian music director
Anil Bordia (1934–2012), Indian educationist
Anil Chatterjee (1929–1998), Indian film actor
Anil Chaudhary (born 1965), Indian cricket umpire
Anil Chitrakar (born 1961), Nepalese social entrepreneur
Anil Dalpat (born 1963), Pakistani cricketer
Anil Dash (born 1975), American blogger, entrepreneur, and technologist
Anil Devgan (born 1949), Indian film director
Anil Dhawan, Indian film actor
Anil Goonaratne, a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer
Anil Gupta (writer) (born 1974), British comedy writer
Anil K. Rajvanshi (born 1950), Indian academic
Anil Kakodkar (born 1943), Indian nuclear scientist
Anil Kapoor (born 1959), Indian actor
Anil Kohli, Indian dental surgeon
Anil Kumar (disambiguation), several people
Anil Kumar Mandal, Indian ophthalmologist
Anil Kumble (born 1970), Indian cricket player
Anil Mohile (died 1991), Indian music director
Anil Roberts, Trinidad and Tobago politician
Anil Sharma (director), Indian film director
Anil Srinivasan (born 1977), Indian pianist
Anil Tissera, main character in the novel Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
P. Anil, Indian film director

See also