Entry № 674 · Sanskrit origin

Anila Anila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-NEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wind / Vayu"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wind / vayu".

Anila is from the Sanskrit Anilā.

Wind / Vayu — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अनिला
Transliteration
Anilā
Pronunciation
/ əˈniː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anila stands.

Anila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Anilas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vayu Purana / Prāṇa Pancha Mahabhutas
Sanskrit wind air + Vayu god of wind + Pancha Mahabhutas five great elements + Vayu Purana + Rigveda hymns to Vayu + Bhagavad Gita 15:8 breath as vital-force + Prāṇa life-force
Vedic elemental

Names connected to Anila.

The number behind Anila.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anila reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.