Akila

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Aguilar in PE Peru, ES Spain, EC Ecuador and 4 more.

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◐

Akila is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name17K records spelled Akila5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, India, United States, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Ákila, Akilā, Ãkïlā

• French given name7.9K records spelled Akila7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Algeria, United States, Tunisia

  Also written Àkila, Akíla, Aķila, Äkïlä, Ákila

• a separate given name795 records spelled Akila3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Sri Lanka, Morocco

  Also written Akilā, Ákila

• Finnish given name582 records spelled Akila4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Finland, United States, Algeria

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Akilâ, Aķilă

• Amharic given name338 records spelled Akila3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Algeria, Nigeria

  Also written አኪላ, አክላ

35 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●

Akila is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Akilah: in Kenia und Tansania vorkommender weibl. Vom., der auf Suaheli »intelHgent« bedeutet (< arab. ‘äqil »intelH- gent«). nAkim: männl. Vom., nordische Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, "eagle."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Latvian, sala Īrijas rietumos (Achill), Mejo (Muijo) grāfistē

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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) — 91 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●

• Akila Mouhoubib. 1953DZAlgerian peinter (born 1953)

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 · 284 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Akila?

We estimate roughly 5.8 thousand people bear Akila (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Akila have the most bearers?

Akila is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled akila.

How common is Akila compared with other names?

In Sri Lanka, Akila is the 109th most common given name of 11,905 given names recorded there.

Is Akila a male or female name?

Akila is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Akila mean?

Recorded meaning: Arabic: wise