Jamila () is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. It is the feminine form of the masculine Arabic given name

Jamil Jamil () is an Arabic language, Arabic given name. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil (name), Gamil (used mainly in Egypt), Cemil (in Turkish), Djemil or Djamel (mainly in North African countries ...

, which comes from the Arabic word ''jamāl'' (Arabic: جَمَال), meaning beautiful. The name is popular on a global scale, in regular use by both Arabic speaking and non–Arabic speaking populations and holds religious significance for some

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s. Due to differences in transcription, there are several variations on how to spell the name.

Popularity

According to the

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, the name Jamila was among the 1,000 most popular names for baby girls in the

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from 1974 until 1995, with the exception of the year 1985. Its popularity peaked in 1977, when it was the 486th most popular name for baby girls.

Variations

* Cemile (

Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

) * Cəmilə ( Azerbaijani) * Djamila, Djemila (

Algerian Arabic Algerian Arabic (, romanized: ), natively known as , or , is a variety of Arabic spoken in Algeria. It belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic dialect continuum and is mostly intelligible with the Tunisian and Moroccan dialects. Darja () means "eve ...

: جميلة) * Džemila ( Bosnian) * Dzhamilja (

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: Джамиля) * Gamila (

Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian, or simply as Masri, is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic variety in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and originated in the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt. The esti ...

: جميلة) * Giamila (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

) * Jameela, Jameelah, Jamie Jamila, Jamilla, Jamillah, Jemila, Jemilah, Jemilla, Jemillah, Jemileh, Jemilleh, Mila, Milla, Millie, Milly (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

) * Jamira ( Japanese: ジェミラ), Jamīra ( Japanese: ジェミーラ) * Jamila, Jamileth, Jamilex, Jamillette, Yamila, Yamile, Yamilé, Yamilet, Yamileth, Yamilex (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

) * Qamile, Xhemile (

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

)

People

Sports

Cemile Timur Cemile Timur (born 2 August 1988) is a Turkish former women's association football, women's footballer and referee (association football), referee, who currently serves as manager (association football), manager of Hakkarigücü Spor in the T ...

(born 1988), Turkish former football player, referee and current team manager * Djamila Rakhmatova (born 1990), Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast *

Jamila Wideman Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American lawyer, activist, and former professional basketball player. She is the daughter of author John Edgar Wideman. She is currently the general manager of WNBA team, Washington Mystics. Early lif ...

(born 1975), American basketball player and daughter of

John Edgar Wideman John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus o ...

* Yamila Badell (born 1996), Uruguayan soccer player *

Yamila Hernández Yamila Hernández (born 8 November 1992) is a Cuban female volleyball player. She is a member of the Cuba women's national volleyball team and played for La Habana (women's volleyball), La Habana in 2014. She was part of the Cuban national team ...

(born 1992), Cuban volleyball player * Yamila Nizetich (born 1989), Argentina volleyball player *

Yamila Zambrano Yamila Zambrano Cuencha (born February 10, 1986, in Havana) is a Cuban judoka who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. She captured a gold medal in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Pan American Judo Championships in Margarita Island, ...

(born 1986), Cuban judoka *

Yamile Fors Guerra Yamile Fors Guerra (born 11 May 1977) is a Cuban retired female tennis player. Fors Guerra won one singles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 July 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 733. On 24 July 2006, ...

(born 1977), Cuban tennis player *

Yamilé Martínez Yamilé Martínez Calderón (born November 11, 1970, in Cueto, Holguín) is a women's basketball player from Cuba. Playing as a center she won the gold medal with the Cuba women's national basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Sant ...

(born 1970), Cuban basketball player *

Yamilet Peña Yamilet Peña Abreu (born 4 December 1992 in Santo Domingo) is an elite artistic gymnast from the Dominican Republic who won a gold medal at the 2014 World Challenge Cup and the 2012 Pan American Championship in vault (gymnastics), vault and a ...

(born 1992), Dominican artistic gymnast *

Jamila Jaxaliyeva Jamila Jaxaliyeva (Russian: Жамиля Магжановна Джаксалиева) (born 19 May 1990) is the first golfer from Kazakhstan to compete on a professional tour. Biography Jaxaliyeva began playing golf at age 15 under the guidan ...

(born 1990), Kazakh golfer

Arts and entertainment

Djemila Benhabib Djemila Benhabib () (born 1972) is a Canadian journalist, writer, and politician who lives in Bruxelles, Belgium. She is of Algerian and Greek-Cypriot descent, and is known for her opposition to Islam. Biography She was born in Ukraine in 197 ...

(born 1972), Ukrainian-born Canadian journalist and writer *

Jameela Jamil Jameela Alia Jamil (born 25 February 1986) is an English actress, activist and presenter. She began her career on Channel 4, where she hosted a pop culture series in the ''T4 (Channel 4), T4'' strand from 2009 until 2012. She then became the ra ...

(born 1986), British television presenter and model *

Jamila Afghani Jamila Afghani (; born 1976 in Kabul) is a feminist and an activist for women's rights and education in Afghanistan. She is the founder and executive director of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO). She is also an ex ...

(born 1974), Afghan activist and feminist *

Jamila Cholimbo Jamila Akiko Aba Chilombo (born November 18, 1982), known professionally as Mila J, is an American R&B singer and rapper. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is the older sister of R&B singer Jhené Aiko and is known for being in Prince's vide ...

(born 1982), American singer-songwriter better known as

Mila J Jamila Akiko Aba Chilombo (born November 18, 1982), known professionally as Mila J, is an American R&B singer and rapper. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is the older sister of R&B singer Jhené Aiko and is known for being in Prince's vid ...

Jamila Gavin Jamila Gavin (born 9 August 1941) is a British writer who is known mainly for children's books, including several with Indian contexts. Life Gavin was born on 9 August 1941 in Mussoorie in the United Provinces of India, in the present-day ...

(born 1941), Indian-born British writer and mother-in-law of

Dido Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located ...

Jamila Massey Jamila Massey (born 7 January 1934) is an Indian actress and writer. Massey has had a long career on UK television and radio. She is known for playing Auntie Satya in the long-running radio soap ''The Archers'', Jamila Ranjha in ''Mind Your Lan ...

(born 1934), Indian-born British actress and writer * Jamila Mohammed (born 1972), Nigerian-born British singer-songwriter better known as Jamila Jemstone *

Jamila Mujahed Jamila Mujahed is a journalist of Afghanistan. Career In 2001, she broadcast the news that the Taliban regime had fallen. Hamida Ghafour, writing in ''The Daily Telegraph'' reported that she had been appointed a delegate to the Constitutional Lo ...

, Afghan journalist *

Jamila Velazquez Jamila Velazquez (born November 27, 1995) is an American singer and actress, best known for her recurring roles as Sarita in the ABC Family series '' Twisted'' (2013–2014) and as Laura Calleros on FOX's primetime musical-drama series ''Empire' ...

(born 1995), American singer and actress *

Jamila Woods Jamila Abidemi Woods (born October 6, 1989) is a Chicago-based American singer, songwriter and poet. Woods is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep and Brown University, where she received a BA in Africana Studies and Theater & Performance Stu ...

(born 1989), American singer-songwriter and poet * Jamilah Kolocotronis (née Linda Kolocotronis) (1956-2013), American writer *

Jamilah Lemieux Jamilah Lemieux (July 22, 1984) is an American writer, cultural critic, and editor. She rose to prominence for her blog, The Beautiful Struggler. She has worked for ''Ebony'', Cassius Magazine, and Interactive One, part of Radio One, Inc. Lemie ...

(born 1984), American editor *

Jamilah Tangaza Jamilah Tangaza (alternately Jamila Tangaza) is a Nigerian journalist and technocrat. She is a former BBC journalist, where she worked in various capacities before becoming Head of Hausa Service. Tangaza is a Fellow of Reuters Institute for th ...

(born 1971), Nigerian journalist * Jamileh Sheykhi (1930-2001), Iranian actress and mother of

Atila Pesyani Atila Pesyani (; 30 April 1957 – 6 October 2023) was an Iranian actor. Life and career Atila Pesyani was born in Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the a ...

* Jamilah Sabur (born 1987), Jamaican-born visual artist * Jamillah Ross, Canadian comedian and singer-songwriter * Jamillah Knowles, Australian journalist better known as Jemimah Knight * Jamillette Gaxiola (born 1989), Mexican beauty queen who represented Cuba in

Miss Earth 2009 Miss Earth 2009, the 9th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on November 22, 2009 at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center in Boracay, Malay, Aklan, Philippines. Karla Henry of Philippines crowned her successor Larissa Ram ...

Yamila Cafrune Yamila Cafrune (born in Buenos Aires, November 16, 1965) is an Argentine folk music singer. She is the daughter of Jorge Cafrune, who was also a ''folklore'' singer. She currently lives in Cañuelas, a small town in Buenos Aires Province. Born ...

(born 1965), Argentine folk singer *

Yamila Diaz-Rahi Yamila Díaz-Rahi (born March 9, 1976), also Yamila Diaz, is an Argentine model. She has appeared in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' a total of 11 times, and made the cover of the magazine first in 2002 and again in 2006. She also featur ...

(born 1976), Argentine model

Politics

Cemile Giousouf Cemile Giousouf (; ; born 5 May 1978) is a German politician. She was the first ever Muslim member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), serving as Member of the Bundestag for one legislative term from 2013 until 2017. In January 2019, ...

(born 1978), Turkish-German politician *

Jamila Gilani Jamila Gilani (; ; also spelled Jamila Gallani) is a Pakistani politician who is the spokesperson of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). She served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. She is an activist in the ...

(born 1960), Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement *

Djamila Bouhired Djamila Bouhired (, born June 1935) is an Algerian nationalist militant, who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria as a member of the National Liberation Front. In 1957, she was convicted alongside another Algerian rebel, Djamila Bouazz ...

(born 1935), Algerian nationalist * Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti (1955–2023), Palestinian politician *

Jamila Madeira Jamila Madeira (born 17 July 1975) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a Social democracy, social democr ...

(born 1975), Portuguese politician * Jamila Abubakar Sadiq Malafa (born 1965), Nigerian international maritime lawyer and the first female Commodore in the history of the Nigerian Navy * Jamilah Nasheed (née Jenise Williams, born 1972), American politician *

Jamila Schäfer Jamila Anna Schäfer (born 30 April 1993) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Munich South district. From 2018 to 2022 she served ...

(born 1993), German politician

Religion

Jamila bint Thabit Jamīla bint Thābit (), originally named ʿĀṣiya (), was a wife of Umar. She was among the disciples (known in Arabic as Sahaba or companions) of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Biography She was the daughter of Thabit ibn Abi al-Aqlah and al-Sh ...

(née Asiya), companion of

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

and wife of

Umar Umar ibn al-Khattab (; ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () and is regarded as a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Mu ...

Jamilah bint Adwan Jamilah bint Adwan (; born c. 180 CE) was the ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on both his paternal and maternal sides. She was the daughter of Adwan ibn Bariq of Banu Azd of Yemen. Jamilah was one of Malik ibn an-Nadr's wives and bore him ...

(180-??), ancestor of

Royalty and Nobility

Cemile Sultan Cemile Sultan (; "''beautiful, radiant''"; 17 August 1843 – 26 February 1915) was an Ottoman dynasty, Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Düzdidil Hanım. She was the half sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehme ...

(1843-1915), Ottoman princess and issue of

Abdulmejid I ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of , ), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Maj ...

* Jamila "Sarah" Ashley-Cooper, Dowager Countess of Shaftesbury (née Jamila M'Barek, born 1961), French murderer and widow of

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Baronet, Bt (22 May 1938 – 5 November 2004), styled Lord Ashley between 1947 and 1961, and Earl of Shaftesbury from 1961 until his death, was a British peerage, British peer from Wimborne St Gile ...

Places

Djémila Djémila (), formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found. It is situated in the region bordering the Constantinois an ...

, a city in

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

, formerly known as Cuicul.

Fictional characters

* Jameela, a character in the

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comedic drama ''

Yeh Zindagi Hai ''Yeh Zindagi Hai'' () is a Pakistani Urdu language comedy-drama television series that showed on Geo Entertainment from 2008 to 2013. It initially starred Javeria Saud, Saud Qasmi, Moammar Rana, Hina Dilpazeer, and Sana Fakhar. It became one o ...

'' *

Jamila Jamila () is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. It is the feminine form of the masculine Arabic given name Jamil, which comes from the Arabic word ''jamāl'' (Arabic: جَمَال), meaning beautiful. The name is popular on a global scale, i ...

, a

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marketed to children in the

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, similar to

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and

Fulla Fulla (Old Norse: , possibly 'bountiful') or Volla (Old High German, 'plenitude') is a Ásynjur, goddess in Germanic paganism, Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, Fulla is described as wearing a golden band and as tending to the Fraxinus exce ...

* Jamila, character in ''

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'' * Jamila Inzamam, a character in the

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soap opera ''

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'', played by Sara Aisha Kent. * Jamila Ranjha, the female Indian student in ''Mind Your Language'', played by

* Jamilah Malik, a character in the

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soap opera ''

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'', played by Laxmi Kathuria * Jemilla, a character in the musical '' Firebringer'', portrayed by Meredith Stepien *Yamila "Yam" Sanchez, a character in ''

Soy Luna ''Soy Luna'' ( English: ''I am Luna'') is an Argentine telenovela produced by Disney Channel Latin America that aired on 14 March 2016. The first episode of Soy Luna premiered with over 2.3 million views in Argentina alone. Developed by Disney ...

Films and television

* ''

Jamila, the Algerian ''Jamila, the Algerian'' () is a 1958 Egyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. The film was directed and produced by Youssef Chahine and written by Abd al-Rahman Sharqawi, Ali al ...

'', a 1958 Egyptian film based on the life of

References

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