Given name · Hindi · Marathi
अनिल
“air; wind; god of the wind”
अनिल (anil) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “air; wind; god of the wind.” It is used in Hindi and Marathi.
Hindi and MarathiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Anil.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Sanskrit अनिल (“air; wind; god of the wind”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
अनिल’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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