Jamila
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning beautiful.
Jamila by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Jamila. In the US, 111 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 418 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jamila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jamila
Names that are said the same way as Jamila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Jamila, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jamila
Nobody has voted for Jamila yet
Vote for Jamila and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Jamila