Anil
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Sanskrit: ‘air’, ‘wind’, one of the commonest names of the wind god Vayu, charioteer of Indra
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈænɪl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Anil is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. In India it is the 10th most common given name.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 13K
- USUnited States1 in 44K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Anil itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- #302 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 389 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 296 (inferred from the name graph)
≈100,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Aneel in PK Pakistan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sanskrit: ‘air’, ‘wind’, one of the commonest names of the wind god Vayu, charioteer of Indra. Feminine form: Anila.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anil counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | — | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 296 | — | Anil | 88 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Anil | 87 |
| PK Pakistan | #720 | ≈9,700 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Aneel | 52 |
| BD Bangladesh | #746 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 20K | listed | Anil | 39 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #416 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Anil | 49 |
| US United States | — | 7,485 | 1 in 44K | 7.4K | Anil | 389 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Anil | 50 |
| SG Singapore | #941 | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Anil | 65 |
| GY Guyana | — | 519 | 1 in 1.4K | 519 | — | 1 |
| IN India | #10 | — | — | 4.2K | Anil | 334 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Anil is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, aus Indien stammender männl. Vom. (sanskrit. anüa »Luft, Wind«), Beiname des
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Innocent,
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
In Akan, giiycw [n'ani ye hyew] hardiness, rashness, ficrcene^, nu
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In English, The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ivv, indigo, blue dye
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anil Kumar Guptab. 1949INIndian academic (born in 1949)
- Anil Devganb. 1949INIndian film director (1949-2020)
- Anil Dhawanb. 1950INIndian actor
- Anil Sharmab. 1955INIndian film director
- Anil Kapoorb. 1956INIndian actor
- Anil Ambanib. 1959INIndian businessman (1959-present)
- Anil Kumbleb. 1970INformer Indian cricketer
- Anil Kumar Sharmab. 1971INIndian politician, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Anil Menonb. 1976USphysician and NASA astronaut
- Anil MehtaINIndian cinematographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 78 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.4K | #2,991 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 519 | #176 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 74 | #2,991 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 2015 | 26 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 2017 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 7 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Anil come from?
- Sanskrit: ‘air’, ‘wind’, one of the commonest names of the wind god Vayu, charioteer of Indra. Feminine form: Anila. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Anil?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈænɪl/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Anil mean?
- Recorded meaning: Sanskrit: ‘air’, ‘wind’, one of the commonest names of the wind god Vayu, charioteer of Indra.
- Is Anil a male or female name?
- Anil is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Anil have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 102 thousand people named Anil in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anil.
- How common is the name Anil?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,485 people named Anil in 2020, about 1 in 44 thousand residents.
- How common is Anil compared with other names?
- In India, Anil is the 10th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/anilThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anil” — the 10th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.