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 is a masculine Arabic name, though less popular in Arab countries. It stems from the root words 'An" ' meaning 'that', and 'il ' meaning 'the'. In Arabic, it means 'Thee' or 'To be' which can be contextualised as 'the one who is exalted'.
Indian
Anil 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, the name is referenced in the Song of Songs 6:3 Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li written by King and Prophet Solomon as 'I am'. There are variations of the name including, Aniel meaning 'I, God' and 'God is my Grace'.
Turkish
Anil as written within European nations, with Turkish context, is a masculine name that means 'To be remembered', 'Unforgettable' and 'Just ruler'.
Notable Individuals with the Anil first name
- Anil Ambani, Indian business baron
- Anil Baijal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
- Anil Baluni, Indian politician and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Anil Basu, Indian politician and a former member of the Communist Party of India
- Anil Bhardwaj, Director of the Physical Research Laboratory
- Anil Bhoyrul, British journalist
- Anil Biswas (composer), Indian music director
- Anil Bordia, Indian educationist
- Anil Chatterjee, Indian film actor
- Anil Chaudhary, Indian cricket umpire
- Anil Chitrakar, Nepalese social entrepreneur
- Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
- Anil Dash, American blogger, entrepreneur, and technologist
- Anil Devgan, Indian film director
- Anil Dhawan, Indian film actor
- Anil Goonaratne, a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer
- Anil Gupta (writer), British comedy writer
- Anil K. Rajvanshi, Indian academic
- Anil Kakodkar, Indian nuclear scientist
- Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
- Anil Kohli, Indian dental surgeon
- Anil Kumar (disambiguation), several people
- Anil Kumar Mandal, Indian ophthalmologist
- Anil Kumble, Indian cricket player
- Anil Mohile, Indian music director
- Anil Roberts, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Anil Sharma (director), Indian film director
- Anil Srinivasan, Indian pianist
- Anil Tissera, main character in the novel Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
- P. Anil, Indian film director