Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady
AsilIn Hebrew: אסיל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אַסִיל
Asil (Hebrew: אסיל) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 6,588 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 87 girls and ranked #201. Its peak year was 1998, with 520 babies.
- People in Israel
- 6,588
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 87
- rank #201
- Peak year
- 1998
- 520 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Asil
In Hebrew letters the name is אסיל, read right to left. Asil is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Asil by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Asil
How do you write Asil in Hebrew?
Asil is written אסיל in Hebrew (with vowel points: אַסִיל). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Asil?
6,588 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אסיל: 5,957 women and 631 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Asil a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 90.4% of the people named אסיל are women.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.