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Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu
Scripts عقيل(Arabic) عقیل(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. /ʕa.ˈqiːl/(Arabic)

Meaning & History

Means "intelligent, wise, reasonable" in Arabic, from the root عقل (ʿaqala) meaning "to have intelligence, to be reasonable". Aqil ibn Abi Talib was the name of a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad.