Akil

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Akil is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name35K records spelled Akil2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ethiopia, Morocco

  Also written Âkil

• English given name27K records spelled Akil11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Åkïl, Äkil, Àķîl, Áķil, Aķil

• Turkish given name16K records spelled Akil7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, India, Cyprus

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Âkil, Akîl, Âkïl, Ãkil, Akíl

• Indonesian given name8.2K records spelled Akil4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Indonesia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Akil', Ặkįl

• Spanish given name4.9K records spelled Akil6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, India, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Âkil, Ākīl, Ākil, Âkįl

• French given name4.8K records spelled Akil6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, India

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Åkîl, Akïl, Àkïl, Àkil

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Akil is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Indonesian, intelligent, prudent

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, Akıllı, zeki kimse.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 89 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Akil Muhtar Özdenb. 1878TRTurkish physician and statesperson (1878–1949)
• Akil N. Awanb. 1950GBBritish academic
• Akil Mitchellb. 1992PAAmerican basketball player
• Akil Gjakovab. 1996XKKosovo judoka (born 1996)
• Akil Campbellb. 1996TTTrinidad and Tobago cyclist
• Akil Wrightb. 1996GBEnglish association football player
• Akil Baddoob. 1998USAmerican baseball player
• Akil Thomasb. 2000CACanadian ice hockey player (born 2000)
• Akil Wattsb. 2000USAmerican soccer player
• Akil KingUSAmerican songwriter and producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 466 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Akil?

We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Akil (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Akil have the most bearers?

Akil is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled akil.

Where is Akil most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Akil is densest in Albania — about 1 in 12 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

Is Akil a male or female name?

Akil is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Akil mean?

Recorded meaning: Arabic: intelligent