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Akil

American  
[ah-keel] / ɑˈkil /

noun

  1. a first name: from an Arabic word meaning “one who uses reason.”


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Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said Southern California was rife with hospice fraud.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Investigators believe Dumas knew Cardenas, said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Art movie nights in the Cinema Akil, set amid galleries in a converted industrial zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Nicolo Savona insisted he had kept the ball in play, but assistant referee Akil Howson flagged for a corner.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Formerly they were all under one head; but one Ali Harram, an Akil or minor chief, determined to make his son, Mohammed Ali, Gerad or Prince of the clans inhabiting the northern provinces.

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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