Anila

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Inla in TH Thailand.

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◐

Anila is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Albanian given name24K records spelled Anila4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Ãnîlă, Âñīlá, Åñílä

• Portuguese given name7.7K records spelled Anila5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, India, United States, Peru

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Ânila, Ànila, Anilā

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Anila2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Anīlā

• Greek given name350 records spelled Anila3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, India, United States

  Also written Ανιλα, Ανίλα

45 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●

Anila is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• a Naga (M)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• Krsna (N)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• wind god

  as a name·A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

• In Filipino, according to them

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

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) — 88 years between 1917–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anila Dalalb. 1933INGujarati writer from India
• Anila Sunderb. 1951INIndian classical dancer
• Anila Bitrib. 1963ALAlbanian ambassador in Italy
• Anila Quayyum Aghab. 1965PKPakistani–American cross-disciplinary artist
• Anila Baigb. 1970GBBritish journalist
• Anila Rubikub. 1970ALAlbanian born Italian artist
• Anila Wilmsb. 1971ALAlbanian writer
• Aneela Mirzab. 1974DKnot in their usual nameDanish singer
• Anilab. 1979BDBangladeshi singer
• Anila Hoxhab. 1980ALItalian rower

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 · 417 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anila?

We estimate roughly 7.6 thousand people bear Anila (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Anila have the most bearers?

Anila is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled anila.

Where is Anila most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anila is densest in Albania — about 1 in 584 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Anila compared with other names?

In Bahrain, Anila is the 462nd most common given name of 2,246 given names recorded there.

Is Anila a male or female name?

Anila 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 Anila mean?

Recorded meaning: feminine of अनील