Jamyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.
Jamyla by the numbers
Jamyla was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Jamyla
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jamyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jamyla
Names that are said the same way as Jamyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jamilahbeautiful; graceful44 in the US (2017)
- Jameelabeautiful; a form of Jamila9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jameelahbeautiful; feminine form of Jamil3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jamillabeautiful; a form of Jamila12 in the US (2017)
- Jamillahbeautiful, graceful6 in the US (2017)
- Jamelahbeautiful; feminine form of jamal5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jamyla
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