Nikhil
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Indian |
| Meaning | complete, universal |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Akhila, Akhil |
Nikhil (Template:Lang-sa) is a male name of Sanskrit origin. It is predominantly found in India, Nepal and the diaspora of these countries. The word means "complete" or "entire", that is, perfect.
Notable people named Nikhil
- Nikhil Advani, Hindi film director
- Nikhil Anand, Entrepreneur
- Nikhil Banerjee, sitar-player
- Nikhil Chinapa, video jockey
- Nikhil Chopra, retired cricketer
- Nikhil D'Souza, singer
- Nikhil Dwivedi, Hindi actor
- Nikhil Kanetkar, Olympic badminton player number 561
- Nikhil Kumar, Indian politician, former Governor of Nagaland and of Kerala
- Nikhil Kuruganti, Indian entrepreneur
- Nikhil Nanda, industrialist
- Nikhil Seetharam, Canadian composer
- Nikhil Siddharth, Telugu actor
Fictional characters
- Nikhil Bains, character in Postman Pat
- Nikhil Sharma, character in the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Nikhil Ganguli (born Gogol Ganguli), protagonist of the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Nikhil Patel, Pi Patel's son in Life of Pi
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