All over the world, Akyel (عقيل 
, Akyel 
, Акёл 
) is a common masculine forename. The given name Akyel is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is a common boy's name, Syria, where it is quite a common principally male, but very infrequently feminine name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common boy's name. Much less frequently, Akyel is the last name as well as the forename.