Aqeel (transliteration: ʿAqīl, Arabic: عقيل) is an Arabic name for boys that means “wise”, “intelligent”, “sagacious”.¹² Aqeel was the name of a cousin of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), son of his uncle Abu Talib and older brother of Ali bin Abi Talib.

Aqeel is also spelled as Aqil, Aquil and Aquille.

There are three Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) named Aqeel:

• Aqeel bin Abi Talib عقيل بن أبي طالب
• Aqeel bin Muqrin al-Muzani عقيل بن مقرن المزني
• Aqeel bin Malik al-Himyari عقيل بن مالك الحميري

Below is the name Aqeel written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Aqeel written in Arabic kufi script:

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 (peace be upon him) 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: