Kamil is a name used in a number of languages. Kamil () is a

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, and Slovak given name, equivalent to the Italian Camillo, Spanish/Portuguese Camilo and French Camille. It is derived from Camillus,2 "Kamil (2)"
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family name, which is sometimes claimed to mean "attendant at a religious service" in

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origin. The female version is Kamila, equivalent to English '' Camilla'' or Camila. Kamil is also a Turkish name, with the female version Kamile. These names were common during

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and are not as common in Turkey today. Kamil ( and ) is also an

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name, sometimes used as an adjective, more usually transliterated as ''

Kamel Kamel ( ar, كامل }) is a given name meaning ''perfect'' or ''the perfect one''. It may refer to: People with the given name Kamel * Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari (born 1973), Kuwaiti extrajudicial prisoner of the United States * ...

'' and '' Kameel '' which can be translated as "perfect" or "the Perfect One". It is also used in Urdu, Persian and Sindhi meaning "complete". In Islamic theology, ''

al-Insān al-Kāmil In Islamic theology, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ( ar, الإنسان الكامل), also rendered as ''Insān-i Kāmil'' ( Persian/Urdu: ) and ' ( Turkish), is an honorific title to describe the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The phrase means "the pers ...

'' ( ar, اَلإِنْسَانِ الكَامِلْ, link=no, tr, İnsan-ı Kâmil, link=no, fa, انسانِ کامل, link=no), is a term used as an honorific title to describe

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

. It is an Arabic phrase meaning "the person who has reached perfection".

Given name

Al-Kamil Al-Kamil ( ar, الكامل) (full name: al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad) (c. 1177 – 6 March 1238) was a Muslim ruler and the fourth Ayyubid sultan of Egypt. During his tenure as sultan, the Ayyubids defeated the Fifth Cr ...

, Kurdish Ayyubid sultan, nephew of

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

Kamil Bednář Kamil Bednář (4 July 1912 – 23 May 1972), also known by his pen name "Prokop Kouba", was a Czechoslovak poet, translator, prose writer, dramatist and publishing house editor. Life Bednář was born in Prague. After 1931, he studied law, and t ...

, Czech poet *

Kamil Bednarek Kamil Bednarek (born 10 May 1991 in Brzeg) is a Polish reggae and dancehall vocalist, songwriter, composer and musician. He is best known as the runner-up in the third series of Mam talent!. From 2008 to 2012, Bednarek was the lead singer of S ...

, Polish musician *

Kamil Bortniczuk Kamil Bortniczuk (born 11 June 1983 in Głuchołazy, Poland) is a Polish politician, member of the VIII and IX Sejm as a member of the Agreement political party, within the Law and Justice parliamentary club as part of the United Right coalition ...

(born 1983), Polish Minister of Sport and Tourism *

Kamil Čontofalský Kamil Čontofalský (; born 3 June 1978) is a former Slovak professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League. Career Club Čontofalský spent four seasons with Bohemians 1905 ...

, Slovak footballer *

Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi Kamil is a name used in a number of languages. Kamil () is a Polish, Czech, and Slovak given name, equivalent to the Italian Camillo, Spanish/Portuguese Camilo and French Camille. It is derived from Camillus,Kamil Damašek Kamil Damašek (born September 22, 1973 in Žatec, Czechoslovakia) is a retired male decathlete from the Czech Republic, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A member of Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ...

, Czech decathlete *

Kamil Durczok Kamil Sebastian Durczok (6 March 1968 – 16 November 2021) was a Polish journalist, Editor-in-Chief and presenter of TVN newscast ''Fakty TVN''. Career In 1991 Durczok started working in Radio Katowice. Earlier he had co-created Student's Ra ...

, Polish journalist *

Kamil Glik Kamil Jacek Glik (Polish pronunciation: ; born 3 February 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Benevento and the Poland national team. The previous clubs Glik played for include Piast Gliwice fro ...

, Polish footballer *

Kamil Grosicki Kamil Paweł Grosicki (; born 8 June 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin and the Poland national team. A full international for Poland with over eighty caps since 2008, he repres ...

, Polish footballer *

Kamil Hornoch Kamil Hornoch (; born 5 December 1972) is a Czech astronomer who discovered dozens of novae in nearby galaxies. The main belt asteroid 14124 Kamil is named in his honour. Astronomy Kamil Hornoch became interested in astronomy in 1984. One yea ...

, Czech astronomer * Kamil Kopúnek, Slovak footballer *

Kamil Kosowski Kamil Kosowski (; born 30 August 1977) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Kosowski started out playing for his home town club KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Wis ...

, Polish footballer *

Kamil Krofta Kamil Krofta (17 July 1876 – 16 August 1945) was a Czech historian and diplomat.Honajzer George (1995). ''Vznik a rozpad vládních koalic v Československu v letech 1918-1938.'' stablishment and dissolution of government coalitions in Czecho ...

, Czech politician and historian * Kamil Özerk, Norwegian-Turkish Cypriot educator and professor *

Kâmil Pasha Mehmed Kâmil Pasha ( ota, محمد كامل پاشا مصري زاده; tr, Kıbrıslı Mehmet Kâmil Paşa, "Mehmed Kamil Pasha the Cypriot"), also spelled as Kiamil Pasha (1833 – 14 November 1913), was an Ottoman statesman and liberal poli ...

(1833–1913), Turkish Cypriot statesman and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire *

Kamil Rustam Kamil Rustam is an American guitarist, composer, arranger, songwriter and producer whose musical career has made known as a prolific musician in many different styles. Rustam was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and moved at an early age to Pa ...

, French musician *

Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

, Polish ski jumper * Kamil Tvrdek, Czech ice hockey player * Kamil Wilczek, Polish footballer * Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi, Egyptian quranic reciter * Kamil Zeman, Czech writer, journalist and translator of German prose *

Kamil Zvelebil Kamil Václav Zvelebil (November 17, 1927 – January 17, 2009) was a Czech scholar in Indian literature and linguistics, notably Tamil, Sanskrit, Dravidian linguistics and literature and philology. Life and career Zvelebil studied at the Cha ...

, Czech linguist specializing in South Asia *

Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian On 8 August 2000 in Singapore, a group of three men, who were armed with firearms with an intent to commit robbery, had robbed and killed a taxi driver in midst of a planned crime spree. The victim was a 42-year-old taxi driver named Koh Ngiap Yo ...

(1967–2002), Singaporean murderer

Middle name

* Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish poet *

Cyprian Kamil Norwid Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a.k.a. Cyprian Konstanty Norwid (; 24 September 1821 – 23 May 1883), was a nationally esteemed Polish poet, dramatist, painter, and sculptor. He was born in the Masovian village of Laskowo-Głuchy near Warsaw. One of hi ...

, Polish poet

Surname

Kamil

* Mike Kamil, American bridge player *

Mustafa Kamil Pasha Mustafa Kamil Pasha ( ar, مصطفى كامل, ) (August 14, 1874 - February 10, 1908) was an Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist. Early life and education Kamil was born in Cairo in 1874. His father was an engineer who firs ...

, Egyptian lawyer and nationalist leader * Omer Kamil, Sri Lankan politician *

Ridwan Kamil Mochamad Ridwan Kamil (born 4 October 1971) is an Indonesian architect and politician who is the 15th Governor of West Java, the most populous province of Indonesia. He was also the mayor of Bandung from 2013 to 2018. As an architect, he design ...

, Indonesian politician * Kamil Patel , Indian Citizen

Kameel

Fathi Kameel Fathi Kameel Matar Marzouq ( ar, فتحي كميل مطر مرزوق; born 23 May 1955) was a Kuwaiti football player in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He helped Kuwait qualify to the World Cup in 1982 by scoring a goal against New Zealand. Fa ...

(born 1955), Kuwaiti football player

Fictional characters

*Kamil, the main protagonist of the 13th century Arabic novel, '' The Treatise of Kamil'', also known as ''Theologus Autodidactus''. *Kamil Dowanna is a human knight from

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. * Kamille Bidan, also known as Kamil Bidan, the protagonist of the

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series ''

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'' and a character in ''

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''.

Places

* Kameel-rivier B, a village in the low-veld region of KwaNdebele, in the Nkangala District Municipality of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa * Kamil Crater, the meteorite impact crater in Egypt * Kamil, Osmancık

Books

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The Complete History ''The Complete History'' (, ''al-Kāmil fit-Tārīkh)'', is a classic Islamic history book written by Ali ibn al-Athir. Composed in ca. 1231AD/628AH, it is one of the most important Islamic historical works. Ibn al-Athir was a contemporary and memb ...

'', known in Arabic as the ''Tareekh Kamil'', written by Ali ibn al-Athir in 1231

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