Given name
Djamila
Djamila is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In German use, Djamila is a variant of Jamila. An origin associated with Jamila is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Djamila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 268 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Djamila’s family of names
In German usage, Djamila has a related form in Jamila. In German usage, Djamila has a related form in Jamila. In German usage, Djamila has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jamilah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Djamila has relatives in 6 languages.
10 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JamilahEnglish
- YamilaSpanish, Portuguese
- JameelaEnglish
- JameelahEnglish
- JamelaEnglish
- JemilaEnglish
- DjemilaFrench
- JamealaEnglish
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People named Djamila
- Djamila RibeiroBrazilian philosophist and feministborn 1980
- Djamila Boupachapolitical activist and victim of torture by the French colonial armyborn 1938
- Djamila SahraouiAlgerian film directorborn 1950
- Djamila BouazzaAlgerian independence activist1938–2015
- Djamila DebècheFrench-Algerian writer1926–2010
- Djamila SilvaCape Verdean judoka (* 1996)
- Zigha DjamilaAlgerian judgeborn 1950
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