Girl · Arabic
Jamila
Say it: jah-MEE-lah
Meaning
From Arabic jamīla 'beautiful'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Part of the wave of Arabic names adopted in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1970s
In the United States
- 7,678 babies given this name since 1962
- At its height in 1977, about 1 in 3,700 girls
- 114 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jamilah, Jameela
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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