Given name & surname
Kapil
“a prophet”
Kapil is a variant of Kapila. One Hindi interpretation is “a prophet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kapil is a variant of Kapila. One Hindi interpretation is “a prophet.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Sanskrit, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kapil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 134 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,375 as a first name in 2020; 302 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kapil
- Kapil DevIndian cricketerborn 1959
- Kapil SharmaIndian actor, comedian, TV host and singerborn 1981
- Kapil SibalIndian lawyer and politicianborn 1948
- Kapil ParmarIndian para athleteborn 2000
- Kapil MishraIndian politician and Former MLAborn 1980
- Kapil Krishna ThakurIndian politician1940–2014
- Kapil PatilIndian politicianborn 1961
- Kapil KapoorIndian philosopherborn 1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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