Nikhil () is a male name of

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origin. It is predominantly found in

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, and the diaspora of these countries. The name means "complete" or "whole".

Notable people

* Nikhil Advani, Hindi film director *

Nikhil Banerjee Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee (14 October 1931 – 27 January 1986) was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. Along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan, he emerged as one of the leading exponents of the sitar. ...

, sitar player * Nikhil Chopra, retired cricketer *

Nikhil D'Souza Nikhil D'Souza (born 21 November 1981) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Mumbai, India, and is now signed to East West Records of Warner Music UK. Early life Nikhil D'Souza was born and brought up in Mumbai and majored in Geology from ...

, Indian singer * Nikhil Dwivedi, Hindi actor * Nikhil Kadam, football player * Nikhil Kanetkar, Olympic badminton player * Nikhil Kumar (actor), Indian actor and politician * Nikhil Kumar (chess player), American chess player *

Nikhil Kumar (governor) Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July 1941) is a retired IPS officer and statesman hailing from Bihar who was Governor of Nagaland from 2009 to 2013 and Governor of Kerala from 2013 to 2014. One of country's well known IPS officers of 1963 batch from th ...

, IPS officer-turned politician, governor of Nagaland, and of Kerala *

Nikhil Kumar (table tennis) Nikhil Kumar (born January 1, 2003) is an American table tennis player. He competed in the men's singles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Pan American Games ...

, American table tennis player *

Nikhil Nanda Nikhil Nanda (born 18 March 1974) is an Indian businessman residing in UK. He is the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Escorts Kubota Limited (formerly Escorts Limited), an Indian multinational engineering conglomerate that specialises ...

, industrialist *

Nikhil Paul George Nikhil Paul George is a British-Indian music producer, singer, composer, and guitarist who is recognised for his efforts working under Indian Music Composer Pritam exclusively for a decade. He is known for collaborating with musicians from all ...

, music producer * Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority * Nikhil Siddhartha, Indian actor in Telugu-language cinema * Nikhil Seetharam, Canadian composer * Nikhil Srivastava, Indian scientist * Nikhil Tandon, Professor of Endocrinology at AIIMS, New Delhi * Nikhil Thakur, Indian Internet activist

References

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