Nikhil ( sa, निखिल) is a male name of

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

origin. It is predominantly found in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, and the diaspora of these countries. The name means "complete" or "whole". It is an epithet of the

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

deity

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...

Notable people

Nikhil Advani Nikhil Suresh Advani (born 28 April 1971) is an Indian film and television director, writer and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He along with his sister, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani, co-founded the entertainment company Emmay Enterta ...

, Hindi film director *

Nikhil Banerjee Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee (14 October 1931 – 27 January 1986) was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. Along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan, he emerged as one of the leading exponents of the sitar. He ...

(1931–1986), Indian classical sitar player *

Nikhil Chopra Nikhil Chopra (born 19 August 1973) is a retired Indian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two ba ...

, Indian cricketer *

Nikhil D'Souza Nikhil D'Souza (born 21 November 1981) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Mumbai, India, and is now signed to East West Records of Warner Music UK. Early life Nikhil D'Souza was born and brought up in Mumbai and majored in Geology from ...

, Indian singer *

Nikhil Dwivedi Nikhil Dwivedi is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known for his role in television series ''Scam 1992'' (2020). His other acting roles include '' My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves'' (2008), '' Raavan'' (2010), '' ...

, Hindi actor and producer *

Nikhil Kadam Nikhil Kadam (born 23 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as attacking midfielder/ winger for I-League 2nd division and CFL Premier A club Bhawanipore. Career Early career Born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Kadam was selecte ...

, Indian footballer Nikhil Kashyap * Nikhil Kanetkar, Indian Olympic badminton player * Nikhil Kumar, Indian politician, Governor of Nagaland and of Kerala *

Nikhil Nanda Nikhil Nanda is an Indian businessman. Part of the Nanda family, Kapoor family and Bachchan Family, he is the chairman and managing director of Escorts Limited, an engineering company founded in 1944 by his paternal grandfather, Har Prasad Nan ...

, Indian industrialist *

Nikhil Rathi Nikhil Rathi (born 5 August 1979) is the chief executive of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Early life Rathi is of Indian descent, and grew up in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, the son of Madhu and Dr Rajendra Rathi, a local magistrat ...

, British chief executive of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority *

Nikhil Seetharam Nikhil Seetharam is a multi-platinum Grammy winning Canadian composer and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. He has worked with several notable artists such as Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, and DJ Khaled. Nikhil composes film and televis ...

, Canadian composer *

Nikhil Sharma Nikhil Sharma is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'', played by Rik Makarem. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 11 September 2009. Makarem's departure from the soap was announced ...

, fictional character from the British TV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Nikhil Siddhartha, Telugu actor * Nikhil Srivastava, Indian scientist at the University of California, Berkeley * Nikhil Tandon, Indian professor of endocrinology at AIIMS, New Delhi * Nikhil Thakur, Indian Internet activist

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