Given name & surname
Anila
“child of the wind”
Anila is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “child of the wind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “child of the wind.”
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 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 592
- 0 boys · 592 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,739 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,739 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,816 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anila’s family of names
Anila is a feminine form of Anil. Anila has a related form in Anyla. Anila has a related form in Anylah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anila
- Aneela MirzaDanish singerborn 1974
- Anila WilmsAlbanian writerborn 1971
- Anila SunderIndian classical dancerborn 1951
- Anila DalalGujarati writer from Indiaborn 1933
- Anila Quayyum AghaPakistani–American cross-disciplinary artistborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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