Sevil is a common female Turkish and Azerbaijani given name. "Sevil" derives from "sev". In Turkish, "sev" means "to love" and "Sevil" means the "be loved". In contexts in which Spanish terms are anglicized, "Sevil" can be an anglicization of "Seville", the city of

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

(as in "Sevil plate", silver money from Sevilla).

People

Sevil Atasoy Sevil Atasoy (born February 25, 1949) is a Turkish internationally distinguished leader in the field of Forensic Sciences, substance abuse and addiction. Atasoy is the daughter of forensic pathologist Prof. Dr. Şemsi Gök (1921–2002) and bact ...

, a Turkish

forensic scientist Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal ...

and immediate past president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board *

Sevil Hajiyeva Sevil Magsud gizi Hajiyeva ( az, Sevil Hacıyeva, italic=no; 3 October 196812 September 2000) was an Azerbaijani singer and lead vocalist of the music groups and . Life and career Sevil Hajiyeva was born on 3 October 1968 in Azerbaijan's capita ...

, Azerbaijani singer *

Sevil Sabancı Sevil Sabancı (born January 4, 1973) is a Turkish businesswoman and a member of the Sabancı family in third generation. Biography She was born on January 4, 1973, in Istanbul, Turkey as the third child of Sakıp Sabancı, the founder of Saban ...

(born 1973), a Turkish businesswoman who is a member of the Sabancı family in third generation *

Sevil Shhaideh Sevil Shhaideh (; née Geambec ( crh, Cambek); born 4 December 1964) is a Romanian economist, civil servant and politician. On 21 December 2016, she was proposed by the Social Democrats to be Prime minister of Romania, but was rejected by the pre ...

, Romanian politician *

Sevil Soyer Sevil Soyer (born 1950) is a Turkish interdisciplinary artist. Soyer has had solo exhibitions and group exhibitions along with several installations in Turkey and the United States. Early life She was born in Turkey and graduated in 1979 from ...

, a Turkish artist

Works

* '' Sevil'', a 1928 by Azerbaijani playwright

Jafar Jabbarly Jafar Gafar oglu Jabbarly, ( az, Cəfər Qafar oğlu Cabbarlı, 20 March 1899, Khizi – 31 December 1934, Baku) was an Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter. Life After his father's death in 1902, Jabbarli's mother moved to ...

* ''Sevil'', a 1929 film by Alexander Bek-Nazarov, based on the play * ''Sevil'', a 1953 opera by Azerbaijani composer

Fikret Amirov Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov ( az, Fikrət Məşədi Cəmil oğlu Əmirov; November 22, 1922, Ganja – February 20, 1984, Baku) was a prominent Soviet and Azerbaijani composer. Biography Fikret Amirov grew up in an atmosphere of Aze ...

* ''Sevil'', a 1970 opera film by Vladimir Gorikker

Fictional characters

*Sevil, one of the two protagonists of ''Merry-Go-Round'' {{given name Turkish feminine given names