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Anil - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anil

[ syll. a-nil, an-il ] The boy name Anil is pronounced as AENIHL KEY. Anil is used chiefly in the Indian language and its origin is Sanskrit. The name is of the meaning child of the air or wind. The name Anila (Indian) is the female form of Anil.

Anil is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Anil include Amal (Hebrew and German), Amil (Indian), Ammiel (Hebrew), Amol (Indian), Amul (Indian), Aniol (Polish), Enlai, Amiel (Hebrew), Analu (Hawaiian), Imanol (Basque), Imanuel (Hebrew), Ionel (Romanian), Emilio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and Aliimalu (Hawaiian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Anil: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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