Jamil as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jamil

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The baby name Jamil is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒaˈmiːl/ (ja-MEEL).

Jamil is Arabic in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Arabic

Pronunciation: /dʒaˈmiːl/ (ja-MEEL)

What is the meaning of the name Jamil ?

The baby name Jamil is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒaˈmiːl/ (ja-MEEL).

Jamil is Arabic in Origin.

Jamil is an Arabic given name from jamīl (جميل), meaning “beautiful, handsome; of good character,” built on the Semitic root J-M-L associated with beauty and grace. In Islamic discourse, al-Jamīl is invoked as an epithet of God - “Allah is beautiful and loves beauty” - which has reinforced the name’s positive connotations in Muslim societies.

Attested across the early Islamic world, Jamil has long been used from the Levant and North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, later spreading through Persianate, Turkic, South Asian, and East African cultures via Arabic and Islam. It remains familiar in Urdu and Persian, appears in Bosnian and Chechen Muslim communities, and entered African-American naming in the mid-20th century with the rise of Islam. Common variants and transliterations include Jameel, Gamil/Gamel (Egyptian), Djamil (French), Cemil (Turkish), and Dzhamil/Džamil (Russian/Slavic). Feminine counterparts are Jamila, Jameela, Djamila, and Cemile.

Jamil has the following similar or variant Names

Jameel
Jamīl
Gamil
Jamiel

Jamil – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
ET	Boys	0	#27	1	678
NA		0	#33	1	2,537
AZ		0	#43	1	706
AF		0	#52	25	1,883
LU		0	#66	1	2,830
IN		0	#71	1	2,963
JP		0	#77	1	4,057
MV	Boys	0	#77	3	3,375
LT		0	#88	1	949
QA		0	#88	13	7,011
AF	Boys	0	#91	265	3,535
AF	Girls	0	#93	2	2,402
KZ		0	#94	1	1,452
BN	Boys	0	#100	34	6,332
OM		0	#103	14	6,215
BD		0	#108	127	5,992
GE	Boys	0	#108	3	2,055
PH		0	#108	3	5,607
JO		0	#111	27	2,158
BN	Girls	0	#113	2	5,459
KW		0	#114	8	5,216
AZ	Boys	0	#119	12	1,400
CY	Boys	0	#120	10	3,473
EC		0	#121	1	2,502
BD	Boys	0	#123	1,237	10,045
EE	Boys	0	#125	1	2,087
JO	Boys	0	#125	511	7,057
IQ		0	#126	8	3,533
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#134	4	1,769
ID	Boys	0	#134	2	4,130
GR		0	#135	1	3,911
MU		0	#136	2	3,613
PA		0	#138	1	3,797
AE		0	#139	39	10,220
BW	Boys	0	#154	1	4,685
LB		0	#157	1,006	13,263
CR		0	#165	1	5,526
PR	Girls	0	#167	1	3,171
PR	Boys	0	#173	6	2,508
HU	Boys	0	#174	1	3,954
Sweden	Boys	2022	#175	8	1,509
MT	Boys	0	#175	5	4,064
SA	Boys	0	#188	6,700	28,008
MY	Boys	0	#192	2,308	25,439
RU		0	#193	2	3,641
PS		0	#201	18	5,692
DK		0	#205	2	5,198
YE		0	#205	211	8,639
SA		0	#209	87	10,560
AE	Boys	0	#218	2,095	22,615
BG	Boys	0	#218	3	3,850
EC	Boys	0	#219	21	3,322
LU	Boys	0	#219	2	4,970
GR	Boys	0	#231	37	6,912
MO	Boys	0	#233	2	5,842
NG		0	#244	21	5,926
GH		0	#247	2	5,396
AO	Boys	0	#248	2	5,568
GR	Girls	0	#249	1	6,293
PT		0	#250	1	4,161
SY		0	#252	954	11,684
IL		0	#254	21	6,291
TW	Boys	0	#256	1	7,111
OM	Boys	0	#257	1,046	17,948
EC	Girls	0	#258	1	3,650
HR	Boys	0	#259	1	3,997
SG		0	#260	10	11,010
QA	Boys	0	#263	566	18,093
DK	Boys	0	#271	55	7,401
TN		0	#278	1,343	13,765
KZ	Boys	0	#280	10	6,578
JP	Boys	0	#283	15	7,909
MY		0	#283	48	12,352
TW	Girls	0	#289	1	8,139
JM	Boys	0	#290	4	6,876
PS	Boys	0	#292	312	10,655
QA	Girls	0	#292	25	15,378
Canada	Boys	2024	#297	10	2,588
CZ	Boys	0	#302	4	6,530
CN	Boys	0	#307	13	9,639
KW	Boys	0	#316	593	18,755
MU	Boys	0	#317	41	8,477
PE		0	#325	5	6,350
GH	Boys	0	#329	17	8,138
BR		0	#330	16	5,969
JO	Girls	0	#331	9	7,570
KZ	Girls	0	#332	1	5,862
BH		0	#334	224	17,937
GH	Girls	0	#336	2	6,973
PL	Boys	0	#336	5	6,459
SD	Girls	0	#336	10	7,678
BD	Girls	0	#337	50	8,413
OM	Girls	0	#347	50	15,987
PH	Boys	0	#347	37	11,440
PT	Boys	0	#353	15	7,951
France	Boys	2021	#355	33	2,865
HK		0	#357	1	8,483
IQ	Boys	0	#357	368	13,071
MU	Girls	0	#362	1	8,539
BO		0	#363	19	6,868
IL	Boys	0	#363	275	10,983
IR	Boys	0	#368	203	10,162
NL		0	#378	14	2,481
Finland	Boys	0	#382	46	2,041
SD	Boys	0	#407	39	10,523
UY	Boys	0	#409	5	5,922
EG		0	#410	3	6,387
Austria	Boys	0	#422	21	2,180
PH	Girls	0	#424	6	13,098
CL		0	#434	1	6,867
BO	Boys	0	#440	158	9,244
NG	Boys	0	#440	810	16,906
RU	Boys	0	#441	65	12,621
MA		0	#451	1,192	20,986
PA	Boys	0	#454	28	9,305
LY		0	#462	74	12,703
ZA		0	#471	4	14,421
CR	Boys	0	#472	16	10,188
AE	Girls	0	#476	78	20,968
AR	Boys	0	#480	4	7,628
SG	Boys	0	#481	223	17,960
KW	Girls	0	#482	34	19,177
IQ	Girls	0	#493	12	11,303
GT	Boys	0	#498	2	7,625
CO		0	#508	3	7,768
HK	Boys	0	#516	12	12,905
IR	Girls	0	#517	14	8,334
PA	Girls	0	#518	1	9,861
CM	Boys	0	#535	16	12,054
PS	Girls	0	#539	9	10,981
BR	Boys	0	#551	208	12,213
CM	Girls	0	#556	5	11,671
PE	Boys	0	#576	347	14,506
IN	Boys	0	#586	458	16,750
IN	Girls	0	#602	30	13,121
CL	Boys	0	#615	51	13,390
SG	Girls	0	#627	6	18,916
AR	Girls	0	#630	1	8,289
IL	Girls	0	#638	8	11,648
Finland	Boys	2026	#643	40	3,552
SA	Girls	0	#645	293	25,931
BO	Girls	0	#649	3	9,488
HK	Girls	0	#649	2	16,104
IT		0	#703	12	4,183
Germany	Boys	0	#708	250	5,697
EG	Boys	0	#745	142	15,035
NG	Girls	0	#759	28	15,093
NL	Boys	0	#783	169	5,873
Spain	Boys	0	#834	97	5,610
United States	Boys	2024	#835	58	7,044
CO	Boys	0	#885	36	15,656
CL	Girls	0	#913	3	14,098
DZ		0	#925	252	20,130
TR		0	#936	285	19,440
United States	Girls	2006	#938	5	10,031
MX	Boys	0	#939	44	16,355
MY	Girls	0	#944	51	24,821
BR	Girls	0	#990	3	12,708
PE	Girls	0	#1,004	7	14,861
EG	Girls	0	#1,007	3	14,742
IT	Boys	0	#1,096	383	10,046
ZA	Boys	0	#1,119	60	25,619
CO	Girls	0	#1,151	2	16,140
ZA	Girls	0	#1,235	2	25,928
MX	Girls	0	#1,262	6	17,781
IT	Girls	0	#1,433	14	9,415

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