Given name
Shaquil
“well-formed, handsome”·“a handsome man”
Shaquil is a variant of Shakil. Interpretations include “well-formed, handsome” (Arabic) and “a handsome man” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shaquil is a variant of Shakil. Interpretations include “well-formed, handsome” (Arabic) and “a handsome man” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shaquil is a variant of Shakil. An origin associated with Shakil is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaquil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 206 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 76 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 76 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 190 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.
Shaquil’s family of names
Shaquil has a related form in Shakil.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Shaquil
- Shaquil BarrettAmerican football player (born 1992)
- Shaquil DelosFrench professional footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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