Jamil
Jamil is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil, Cemil, Djemil or Djamel, Djamil, Jameel and Yamil. The feminine equivalent is Jamila or Jamilah (Djamila). Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Bengali
- Indonesian
Meaning & Origin of Jamil
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jamil is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil, Cemil, Djemil or Djamel, Djamil, Jameel and Yamil. The feminine equivalent is Jamila or Jamilah (Djamila). Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Bengali
- Indonesian
- Malay
The Story of Jamil
American parents first put Jamil on the record books as a baby boy name in 1931, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 214 Jamils were born — ranking #691 that year. About 23% of every Jamil on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jamil ranks #2,286 for baby boys with 63 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jamil
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jamil. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Gamil
- Jameel
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About the name Jamil
Jamil is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1931 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Jamil's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #669. Use the chart and map above to compare Jamil's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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