Given name & surname
Amil
“one who is invaluable”
Amil is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is invaluable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “one who is invaluable.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,246
- 982 boys · 264 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,871 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,871 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,010 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amil’s family of names
In Tausug usage, Amil has a related form in Amir. Amil has a related form in Amiel. Amil has a related form in Ameal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amil
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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