Given name · also Turkish
Cemil
“beautiful”
Cemil is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cemil goes back to Arabic جَمِيل, meaning “beautiful.”
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Where it comes from
Cemil comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish جمیل (Cemil), from Arabic جَمِيل (“beautiful”); its root is Arabic ج م ل.
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Cemil’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Cemil shares a linguistic root with the Bashkir form Йәмил.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cemil
- Cemil TuranTurkish association football player (born 1947)
- Cemil ÇiçekTurkish attorney and statesperson (born 1946)
- Cemîl BayikTurkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (born 1951)
- Cemil MeriçTurkish writer (1916–1987)
- Cemil Can Ali MarandiTurkish chess player (born 1998)
- Cemil BeyOttoman composer and tanbur player (1873–1916)
- Cemil TopuzluTurkish statesperson (1868–1958)
- Cemil GülbaşTurkish-Belgian chess player (born 1980)
- Cemil AksuTurkish social reformer (born 1977)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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