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Anil

/ah-NEEL/ MasculineSanskrit

Meaning

Anil is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “air, wind”.

Anil is a Sanskrit name for the wind and an epithet of Vayu, the Vedic wind god. A standard in twentieth-century India and borne by Bollywood star Anil Kapoor, it offers a breath of air to the sky-name category.

Very common among Indian men born in the later twentieth century.

At a glance

Origin
Sanskrit
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/ah-NEEL/
Themes
SkyStorm

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Questions

  • Anil is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “air, wind”. Anil is a Sanskrit name for the wind and an epithet of Vayu, the Vedic wind god.

  • Anil is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Very common among Indian men born in the later twentieth century.

  • The name Anil comes from Sanskrit. Anil is a Sanskrit name for the wind and an epithet of Vayu, the Vedic wind god. A standard in twentieth-century India and borne by Bollywood star Anil Kapoor, it offers a breath of air to the sky-name category.

  • Anil is pronounced ah-NEEL.

More names that mean sky

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Akash MasculineSanskrit“sky, open space”
  2. Altair MasculineArabic“the flying eagle”
  3. Alya FeminineArabic“sky, heaven, loftiness”
  4. Baran UnisexPersian and Kurdish“rain”
  5. Celeste FeminineLatin“heavenly”
  6. Celia FeminineLatin“of the Caelian; long associated with heaven”