Nikhil

{{Infobox given name | name = Nikhil | gender = Male | origin = Sanskrit and other languages of India |masculine=Yes}} '''Nikhil''' ({{langx|sa|निखिल}}) is a male name of Sanskrit origin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2014-01-29 |title=Nikhil: 29 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nikhil |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> It is predominantly found in India, Nepal, and the diaspora of these countries. The name means "complete" or "whole".<ref>{{cite book |author=M. Shamala |title=Handbook of Hindu Names |year=1969 |publisher= ARNICA International |location=Calcutta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2gbAAAAYAAJ |oclc=123270 |page=114 |quote="Nikhil निखिल m — entire , complete" }}</ref>

== Notable people ==

*Nikhil Advani, Hindi film director *Nikhil Alleyne, American-Trinidadian alpine skier *Nikhil Banerjee, sitar player *Nikhil Chopra, retired cricketer *Nikhil D'Souza, 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), IPS officer-turned politician, governor of Nagaland, and of Kerala *Nikhil Kumar (table tennis), American table tennis player *Nikhil Nanda, industrialist *Nikhil Paul George, 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

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Category:Indian masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:Sanskrit-language names