Nikhil

Where Nikhil comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit निखिल (nikhila).
— Wiktionary's entry for Nikhil
  • Sanskrit
Nikhil through the years
  1. 1931
    Nikhil Banerjee born
    Indian sitar player
  2. 1971
    Nikhil Advani born
    director
  3. 1971
    First appearance
    #3,370 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1999
    Peak, #809
    188 babies named Nikhil, its best rank.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,687.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes
  • Nikhil Advani · director, born 1971
  • Nikhil Banerjee · Indian sitar player, 1931–1986
  • Nikhil Siddharth · Indian actor, born 1985
  • Nikhil Kanetkar · badminton player, born 1979
  • Nikhil Kumar · Indian politician, born 1941

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.