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Jamila

Jamila: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“beautiful”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
juh-MEE-luh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Feminine form of Arabic Jamil, meaning beautiful or graceful. It is used across Arabic-speaking communities and beyond.

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How popular is Jamila?

202441.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jamila in 2024136

2024 rank#1,560 girls

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 18808,198

Jamila is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Jamila

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Jamila questions

What does the name Jamila mean?

Jamila means "beautiful". It comes from Arabic. Feminine form of Arabic Jamil, meaning beautiful or graceful. It is used across Arabic-speaking communities and beyond.

Is Jamila a boy or girl name?

Jamila is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jamila?

136 US babies were named Jamila in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Jamila?

Jamila is usually pronounced juh-MEE-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.