Aaqil (Name)

Aaqil (transliteration: ʿĀqil) is an Arabic name for boys that means “intelligent”, “wise”, “sagacious”¹, it is the opposite of “ignorant”, “foolish”². According to the Andalusian scholar Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati, the root of the word Aaqil (ʿaql) describes having sufficient intelligence and self-control to not be controlled by whims and desires.³

Aaqil is also spelled as Aaqel, Aqel, Aqil, Aquil, and Aaquil.

There is one Companion of the Prophet with the name of Aaqil:

• Aaqil bin Abi al-Bukair عاقل بن أبي البكير

Below is the name Aaqil written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the same name written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Maqayees al-Lughah by Ibn Faris (d. 1004 CE), entry for عَقَلَ.
2. Ibid.
3. Tuhfah al-Areeb bima fil Qur’aan minal Ghareeb by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (d. 1344 CE), entry for عقل.