Aqeel

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●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

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◐

Aqeel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish given name685 records spelled Aqeel4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, Türkiye, Pakistan, India

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Âqêêl

• Norwegian Bokmål given name312 records spelled Aqeel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Âqêèĺ

• Russian given name163 records spelled Aqeel17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Акил, Akil, Акиль, Акіл, Акіль

42 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●

Aqeel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, insight, mind, intellect; judicious, wise, sensible

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 32 years between 1976–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aqil ibn Abi Talibb. 590SAnot in their usual namesecond of four sons of Abu Talib
• Aqeel Abbas Jafrib. 1957PKPakistani architect, researcher, poet
• Aqeel Karim Dhedhib. 1957PKPakistani businessman
• Aqeel Khanb. 1980PKPakistani tennis player
• Aqeel Ahmedb. 1982PKcricketer
• Aqeel Rehmanb. 1985ATAustrian squash player
• Aqeel Ahmedb. 1987GBFilm director and producer and screenwriter
• Aqeel Ash-ShakoorUSactor

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 · 100 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aqeel?

We estimate roughly 840 people bear Aqeel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Aqeel have the most bearers?

Aqeel is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled aqeel.

How common is Aqeel compared with other names?

In Pakistan, Aqeel is the 267th most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.

Is Aqeel a male or female name?

Aqeel 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 Aqeel mean?

Recorded meaning: insight, mind, intellect, judiciousness.