Akhil (in

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...

: अखिल, IAST: akhila) is a given name of

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...

origin, meaning "entire" or "whole". The equivalent feminine name is

Akhila Akhila (in Devanagari: अखिला ) is a Hindu/ Sanskrit Indian given name, which means "everything" or "complete". Akhilā means the consort of god Akhil who is Shiv. Akhil (अखिल) when sub divided with essence of the base sanskri ...

( IAST: akhilā). People with this name include: *

Akhil (Tamil actor) Akhil (born 3 May 1988) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut in the 2007 film, ''Kalloori'', directed by Balaji Sakthivel. Career The actor made his debut in Balaji Sakthivel's critically acclaimed fi ...

, Indian actor *

Akhil Akkineni Akhil Akkineni (born 8 April 1994) is an American actor of Indian descent who works in Telugu films. Born into the Akkineni family, he is the son of actors Nagarjuna and Amala. In his film career, Akkineni has earned several accolades such as ...

, America-born Indian actor *

Akhil Chandra Banerjea Akhil Chandra Banerjea (born 1956) is an Indian virologist and is currently the Director at Institute of Advanced Virology, Kerala. He was earlier an Emeritus Scientist at the National Institute of Immunology, India. Known for his studies on v ...

, Indian virologist *

Akhil Datta-Gupta Akhil Datta-Gupta (born January 21, 1960) is Regents Professor and holder of L. F. Peterson ‘36 Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX (USA). Dr. Datta-Gupta is well known for his contributions to ...

, American academic *

Akhil George Akhil George is an Indian cinematographer, who works predominantly in the Malayalam cinema industry. He is a graduate of the B.Tech in Electronics and Media Technology at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore. Career He ...

, Indian cinematographer *

Akhil Giri Akhil Giri is an Indian politician and the present Minister of Fisheries in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Ramnagar constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election Assembly election was he ...

, Indian politician *

Akhil Gogoi Akhil Gogoi is an Indian peasant leader, RTI activist and MLA from Sibsagar, Assam. Over the years he has been leading many anti-graft movements in the state. Gogoi came to national attention after he was awarded the Shanmugam Manjunath Integr ...

, Indian politician *

Akhil Gupta Akhil Gupta (born 1959) is an Indian- American anthropologist whose research focuses on the anthropology of the state, development, as well as on postcolonialism. He is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los An ...

, Indian-American anthropologist *

Akhil Herwadkar Akhil Arvind Herwadkar (born 31 October 1994) is a cricketer who plays as an All-rounder opening batsman for the Chhattisgarh. Herwadkar is a left-hand batsman and offbreak bowler. He has played for Mumbai Under-19s. He was a member of the Indi ...

, Indian cricketer *

Akhil Iyer Akhil Iyer is an Indian actor appearing in Bollywood films and TV commercials. He played the role of Rohit Rao in the Hindi HIT - The first case, also starring ''Rajkumar rao'' and ''Sanya Malhotra''. He made his Bollywood debut in ''Lekar Hu ...

, Indian actor *

Akhil Kapur Akhil Kapur is an Indian actor. Biography Kapur was born on 26 August 1985 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is Vinod Khanna's nephew. He made his acting career debut with ''Desi Kattey'' in 2014. In 2017, he acted in ALT Balaji's web serie ...

, Indian actor *

Akhil Katyal Akhil Katyal (born 1985 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian poet, translator, scholar and a queer activist. Career Katyal has published three books of poems: ''Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems'', ''How Many Countries Does the In ...

, Indian poet, translator, and queer activist *

Akhil Kumar Akhil Kumar (born 27 March 1981) is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an "open guarded" boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in int ...

, Indian boxer *

Akhil Maheshwari Akhil Maheshwari is a neonatologist. Academic career In 2004, Maheshwari joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama as an assistant professor. He studied innate immunity and the pathogenesis of gut mucosal and systemic inflamm ...

, American neonatologist *

Akhil Mehta Akhil Mehta (Delhi, September 19, 1987 - Ghaziabad Ghaziabad () is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a part of Delhi NCR. It is the administrative headquarters of Ghaziabad district and is the largest city in western Uttar ...

, Indian entrepreneur and comedian *

Akhil Mishra Akhil Mishra (born 22 July 1965) is an Indian film and television actor who has worked in films such as ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', ''Gandhi, My Father'' and television serials such as ''Pradhanmantri''. He was working in the serial ''Do D ...

, Indian actor *

Akhil Niyogi Akhil Niyogi also known as Swapanburo (25 October 1902 — 21 February 1993) was a Bengali children's writer and editor. He is better known by the pseudonym ''Swapnaburo''. Early life He was born in 1902 at Sankrail-Tangail village of Mymensin ...

, Indian Bengali-language children's writer and editor *

Akhil Patel Akhil Patel (born 19 June 1990) is an English cricketer who was born in Nottingham and played for Nottinghamshire. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm unorthodox spin bowler. Patel made his debut first-class appearance for Derbyshire i ...

, English cricketer *

Akhil Rabindra Akhil Rabindra () is an Indian racing driver and a graduate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the 2019 Season, Akhil Rabindra is selected as the Aston Martin Racing Academy Driver and will be racing in the GT4 European Serie ...

, Indian racing driver *

Akhil Rajput Akhil Rajput (born 21 October 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Mizoram in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Mizoram in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 1 November 201 ...

, Indian cricketer *

Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty (born 1953) is an Indian organic chemist and a professor at the department of inorganic and physical chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science. He is known for his researches on reactivity and bonding in multicentered ...

, Indian organic chemist *

Akhil Reed Amar Akhil Reed Amar (born September 6, 1958) is an American legal scholar known for his expertise in constitutional law and criminal procedure. He holds the position of Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, and is an adju ...

, American legal scholar *

Akhil Sachdeva Akhil Sachdeva is an Indian musician, singer and composer. His song ''Humsafar'' was featured in the Bollywood film Badrinath Ki Dulhania. In 2009, Sachdeva started as the lead vocalist of the Delhi-based music band, Nasha. His Bollywood journe ...

, Indian musician *

Akhil Sharma Akhil Sharma (born July 22, 1971) is an Indian-American author and professor of creative writing. His first published novel ''An Obedient Father'' won the 2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. His second, ''Family Life'', won the 2015 Folio Prize ...

, Indian-American author and professor

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