Nikhil

What does Nikhil mean?

Nikhil means ‘complete’, ‘whole’ or ‘entire’, from Sanskrit nikhila. Wiktionary records the adjective in Sanskrit and literary Hindi, including its use as a Hindi given name. The word can refer to the whole of something, as in an expression meaning ‘all India’. Its meaning is therefore an ordinary description of completeness, rather than a title of a deity or a reference to a particular person.

Source: Wiktionary, निखिल. How we use sources.

Spelling and pronunciation

निखिल is read ni-khil, in two Hindi syllables with short vowels. Sanskrit nikhila retains a final vowel. The kh is a k released with a puff of breath. It differs from the throat sound represented by kh in some Persian and Urdu words.