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

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

, which comes from the Arabic word ''jamāl'' (Arabic: جَمَال), meaning beauty. 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

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

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 1000 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: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

) *Cəmilə ( Azerbaijani) * Djamila, Djemila (

Algerian Arabic Algerian Arabic (natively known as Dziria) is a dialect derived from the form of Arabic spoken in northern Algeria. It belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic language continuum and is partially mutually intelligible with Tunisian and Moroccan. Like ...

: جميلة) * Džemila ( Bosnian) * Dzhamilja (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Джамиля) * Gamila (

Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and o ...

: جميلة) * Giamila (

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

) * 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: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

) * 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 Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

) * 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 Tu ...

(born 1988), Turkish former football player, referee and current team manager *

Djamila Rakhmatova Djamila Rakhmatova (Russian: Джамиля Рахматова; born 19 September 1990) is a retired individual Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. Career A member of the Uzbek National gymnastics team since 2002, Rakhmatova has competed in 5 World ...

(b. 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. Early life Wideman was born on October 16, 1975. Her father, John Edgar Wideman ...

(b. 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 Yamila Badell Graña (born 1 March 1996) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera Federación club Real Oviedo and the Uruguay women's national team. She is the first player in her country to score in a FIFA U-17 Wo ...

(born 1996), Uruguayan soccer player * Yamila Hernández (b. 1992), Cuban volleyball player *

Yamila Nizetich Paula Yamila Nizetich (born 27 January 1989) is an Argentine volleyball player who plays for Greek club AEK Athens in the A1 Ethniki and is a member of the Argentina national team. She competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Career She pa ...

(b. 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, ...

(b. 1986), Cuban judoka *

Yamile Fors Guerra Yamile Fors Guerra (born 11 May 1977) is a Cuban retired female tennis player. Fors Guerra won 1 singles titles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF tour. On 24 July 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 733. On 24 July 2006, s ...

(b. 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 Santo ...

(b. 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 and a bronze medal at the ...

(b. 1992), Dominican artistic gymnast

Arts and Entertainment

Djemila Benhabib Djemila Benhabib ( ar, جميلة بن حبيب) (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 S ...

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

Jameela Jamil Jameela Alia Jamil (born 25 February 1986) is a British actress and presenter. She began her career on Channel 4, where she hosted a pop culture series in the T4 strand from 2009 until 2012. She then became the radio host of ''The Official Cha ...

(b. 1986), British television presenter and model *

Jamila Afghani Jamila Afghani ( fa, جمیله افغانی; 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 Organizatio ...

(b. 1974), Afghan activist and feminist *

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

(b. 1982), American singer-songwriter better known as

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

Jamila Gavin Jamila Gavin (born 9 August 1941) is a British writer born in Mussoorie in the United Provinces of India, in the present-day state of Uttarakhand in the Western Himalayas. She is known mainly for children's books, including several with Indian ...

(b. 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 modern Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (t ...

Jamila Massey Jamila Massey (born 7 January 1934) is a British 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 ...

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

Jamila Jemstone Jamila Jemstone (born 16 January 1972), a.k.a. Jamila Mohammed, is a British/Nigerian singer, songwriter and music consultant. She was born in Kaduna, Nigeria, and was raised in the UK. Background Jemstone is the fifth daughter of Margaret (''n� ...

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 Loy ...

, 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' ...

(b. 1995), American singer and actress *

Jamila Woods Jamila 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 Studies. H ...

, American singer-songwriter and poet * Jamilah Kolocotronis (née Linda Kolocotronis), 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 (magazine), Ebony'', Cassius Magazine, and Interactive One, part of Radi ...

, 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 the ...

(b. 1971), Nigerian journalist *

Jamileh Sheykhi Jamileh Sheykhi ( fa, جمیله شیخی , 30 April 1930 – 23 May 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. Career She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with ''Shipwreck'' (1975, Nosrat Kari ...

(1930-2001), Iranian actress and mother of

Atila Pesyani Atila Pesyani ( fa, آتیلا پسیانی, born 30 April 1957) is an Iranian actor. He is the son of actress Jamileh Sheykhi. Career Among the movies in which he has performed are ''The Hidden Half'' (2001), ''Ceasefire 1 and 2'' (2005 and ...

Jamillah Ross Jamillah Ross is a Canadian comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter. She trained through Toronto's The Second City and has performed in improvisation troupes and on stage, television and film. She was in the cast of ''Show Stopping Number'' ...

, Canadian comedian and singer-songwriter *

Jamillah Knowles Jamillah Knowles, who also works under the name Jemimah Knight, is a journalist, writer and broadcaster, best known as the producer and presenter of BBC Radio 5 Live's ''Outriders''. Outriders 2014-04-29 was called "The Final Edition" and incl ...

, Australian journalist better known as

Jemimah Knight Jamillah Knowles, who also works under the name Jemimah Knight, is a journalist, writer and broadcaster, best known as the producer and presenter of BBC Radio 5 Live's ''Outriders''. Outriders 2014-04-29 was called "The Final Edition" and incl ...

Jamillette Gaxiola Jamillette Gaxiola (born 1989 in Mazatlán, Mexico) is a Mexican-Cuban model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Cuba in the 2009 Miss Earth pageant, held in November 2009. Personal life The daughter of Mexican Sergio Gaxiola Fajardo ...

(b. 1989), Mexican beauty queen who represented Cuba in

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* Yamila Cafrune (b. 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 ...

(b. 1976), Argentine model

Politics

* Cemile Giousouf (b. 1978), Turkish-German politician *

Jamila Gilani Jamila Gilani ( ps, ; ur, ; also spelled Jamila Gallani) is a Pashtun nationalist 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. S ...

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

Djamila Bouhired Djamila Bouhired ( ar, جميلة بوحيرد, born c. 1935) is an Algerian militant. Bouhired is a nationalist who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria. She was raised in a middle-class family by a Tunisian mother and an Algerian father ...

(b. 1935), Algerian nationalist * Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti (b. 1955), 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. She was part of the National Board of Juventude Socialista Socialist Youth ( ...

(b. 1975), Portuguese politician *

Jamilah Nasheed Jamilah Nasheed (born Jenise Williams; October 17, 1972) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. Nasheed formerly represented the fifth district in the Missouri Senate, and formerly served in the Missouri House of Representatives. ...

(née Jenise Williams, b. 1972), American politician * Jamila Schäfer (born 1993), German politician

Religion

Jamila bint Thabit Jamīla bint Thābit ( ar, جميلة بنت ثابت), originally named ʿĀṣiya ( ar, عاصية), was a wife of Caliph Umar and a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Biography She was the daughter of Thabit ibn Abi al-Aflah and Al- ...

(née Asiya), companion of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

and wife of

Umar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

Jamilah bint Adwan Jamilah bint Adwan ( ar, جميلة بنت عدوان; 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 i ...

, ancestor of

Royalty and Nobility

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

(1843-1915), Ottoman] princess and issue of

Abdulmejid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the ...

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

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Places

Djémila Djémila ( ar, جميلة, links=, lit=Ǧamīlah, translit=Beautiful (one)), 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 foun ...

, a city in

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, formerly known as Cuicul.

Fictional characters

* Jameela, a character in the

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''. *

Jamila Jamila ( ar, جميلة) 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 beauty. The name is popular on a glo ...

, a

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, similar to

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and

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. *

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, a character in the

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soap opera ''

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'', played by Sara Aisha Kent. *

Jamilah Malik The following is a list of characters in ''River City'', a Scottish soap opera that began broadcasting on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. Present characters Former characters References {{reflist Characters River City ''River City'' ...

, a character in the

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'', played by Laxmi Kathuria. * Jemilla, a character in the musical ''

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'', portrayed by Meredith Stepien. * “Nana” Jamila, a sidekick character in the video game ‘’

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’’, is referred to as Jamila by Grace Armstrong.

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 produced by Youssef Chahine and written by Abd al-Rahman, Ali al-Zarqani, and Naguib Mahfo ...

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

References

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