Wakil

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/wɑkil/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Wakil is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: advocate, representative, counsellor, attorney, agent.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 45K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 5.6K
  • BDBangladesh≈1 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). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,500 people, est.

Sources
124 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

advocate, representative, counsellor, attorney, agent

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Wakil 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.

Where Wakil is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#339≈6,500 est.≈1 in 5.6K—Wakil19
NG Nigeria—≈4,700 est.≈1 in 45K—Wakil37
BD Bangladesh—≈3,700 est.≈1 in 44K—Wakil34
PK Pakistan—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 128KlistedWakil23
SA Saudi Arabia—≈400 est.≈1 in 86K—Wakil12
KW Kuwait—≈55 est.≈1 in 55K—Wakil4
SE Sweden—271 in 378K27Wakil6

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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Wakil is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Wakīl

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

    Also written Wakîl, Wàkil

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, India

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Wakîl, Wakīl

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Wakil is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, advocate, representative. Al-Wakeel JuS5l!, the Trustee: one of the names of Allah. Us, eget JS Qle sil, "And Allah is in charge of all things." (surat Hud 11:12). See Naib eae

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In English, In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or an administrator; one acting on behalf of another.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, vice (one who acts in place of a superior)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Arabic, advocate, representative, counsellor, attorney, agent

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

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)

19201940196019802000Idris Abdul Wakil, b. 1925Susan Wakil, b. 1934Naman T. Wakil, b. 1983

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)

Informalनमस्ते Wakil जी,Hi Wakil, (English)

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 26 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Wakil
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—25#21,697

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Wakil mean, and where does it come from?
advocate, representative, counsellor, attorney, agent Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Wakil?
A machine transcription gives /wɑkil/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Wakil a male or female name?
Wakil 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 Wakil have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.5 thousand people named Wakil in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wakil.
How common is the name Wakil?
In Sweden, the national register counted 27 people named Wakil, about 1 in 378 thousand residents.
How common is Wakil compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Wakil is the 339th most common given name of 21,469 given names recorded there.

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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, “Wakil” — the 339th most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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