Amil
A Latin name meaning hardworking, a doer. Only about 140 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Amil Pronunciation
Amil is pronounced AH-meel (/ˈamil/).
What Amil means
Where Amil comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Amil is short and firm, and it reaches Poland by two roads. The grounding sets its origin in Latin, where the word-family around labor and effort lent many European names their sense of the person who gets things done. Running alongside is a strong Arabic association. In Arabic, ʿāmil names the one who acts, the doer, the worker.
The meaning holds across both: hardworking, a doer, a worker. In Polish it reaches a step further, toward szlachetny as well as pracowity, the noble set beside the diligent.
The name travels light. No diminutives or variant spellings are recorded for it, and no cross-gender twin. A teacher reading a September class register says it once and has it.
That plainness is the appeal. Amil states its meaning without decoration, and the meaning is someone who works: pracowity, a doer.
How many people are named Amil
1 in 152473 men in Poland is named Amil. 140 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2767 among male names.
Amil's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where parents choose Amil
Amil is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian
+510%1 in 177,133 babies
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Masovian+510% 2 born1 in 177,133 babies+510%
Amil as a middle name
Amil is a first name for 140 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4568th, between Ami (5) and Anamul (5).
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#4566 Amaro5
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#4567 Ami5
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#4568 Amil5
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#4569 Anamul5
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#4570 Anatolii5