Anil

Classical Sanskrit origin

अनिल (anila): air or wind.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Bharani
• More names starting with A

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “air or wind”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Aavya — Meanings families give: First rays of the sun, wind; One who has the power to flow
• Rayan — Gate to paradise, soft wind
• Samara — Guarded by God, wind
• Avan — Wind, air
• Samir — air, breeze, wind (also of the body See below)
• Sameer — Meanings families give: Breeze, gentle wind, an entertainer who pleases; Wind, air, pleasant breeze

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Rohith — Meanings families give: The rising sun, red; Red, ascending, the first light; Red, first ray of sun, salmon
• Hari — yellow or reddish brown or green (the colour)
• Manoj — ‘m-born’ love or the god of love
• Praveen — Meanings families give: Skilled, expert; Expert, skilled; Skilled, expert, proficient

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aarohi — Meanings families give: Musical ascending notes; Ascending musical note, progressing; Musical note; ascending; Musical note, ascending

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.

Where this comes from

Anil's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.