Sevil is a common female

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and Azerbaijani given name. "Sevil" derives from "sev". In

, "sev" means "to love" and "Sevil" means the "be loved". In contexts in which Spanish terms are anglicized, "Sevil" can be an

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of "Seville", the city of Sevilla (as in "Sevil plate", silver money from Sevilla).

People

* Sevil Atasoy, a Turkish forensic scientist and immediate past president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board * Sevil Hajiyeva, Azerbaijani singer * Sevil Sabancı (born 1973), a Turkish businesswoman who is a member of the Sabancı family in third generation * Sevil Shhaideh, Romanian politician * Sevil Soyer, a Turkish artist

Works

* '' Sevil'', a 1928 by Azerbaijani playwright Jafar Jabbarly * ''Sevil'', a 1929 film by Alexander Bek-Nazarov, based on the play * ''Sevil'', a 1953 opera by Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov * ''Sevil'', a 1970 opera film by Vladimir Gorikker

Fictional characters

*Sevil, one of the two protagonists of ''Merry-Go-Round'' {{given name Turkish feminine given names