Anil
Fewer than 400 people in Poland carry it, nearly all of them men, so most Poles have never met an Anil. The name traces to Latin, with a sense tied to wind and air.
Anil Pronunciation
Anil is pronounced AH-nyeel (/ˈaɲil/).
What Anil means
Where Anil comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Anil comes from Latin, and the short meaning is plain: wind, air. The Roman word anima meant breath and moving air long before it settled into the sense of soul. That older meaning sits close to Anil, a name pointing at what you feel rather than see.
No diminutives, no softened forms, no separate girl and boy version. The name stands as it is. On a Polish class register it would read short and clear, four letters a teacher can call out at morning attendance without a stumble.
For the person who carries it, the meaning stays legible across a whole life. Wind, air. Nothing heavier hides behind it. The link back to Latin anima keeps Anil close to breath and to plain moving air.
How many people are named Anil
1 in 56322 men in Poland is named Anil. 382 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1518 among male names.
Anil as a middle name
Anil is a first name for 382 men in Poland and a middle name for another 81, an 83/17 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 789th, between Claudio (82) and Ben (81).
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#787 Amin82
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#788 Claudio82
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#789 Anil81
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#790 Ben81
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#791 Dov81