Anil (given name)
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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 words 'An" (أن/ان)' meaning 'that', and 'il (الـ)' meaning 'the'. In Arabic, it means 'Thee' 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
