Given name & surname
Jalil
“an important woman; one who is exalted”·“a superior man”·“a majestic man”
Jalil is a variant of Jalila. One Arabic interpretation is “an important woman; one who is exalted.” Jalil is a variant of Jalal. One Arabic interpretation is “a superior man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jalil is a variant of Jalila. One Arabic interpretation is “an important woman; one who is exalted.” Jalil is a variant of Jalal. One Arabic interpretation is “a superior man.” Jalil is a variant of Jaleel. One Arabic interpretation is “a majestic man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jalil is a variant of Jalila. An origin associated with Jalila is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic جَلِيل (“great, exalted”); its root is Arabic ج ل ل.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jalil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,915
- 2,910 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,801 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,801 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 113 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,516 as a first name in 2020; 963 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jalil’s family of names
Jalil has a related form in Jaleel. Jalil has a related form in Jalal. Jalil has a related form in Jalila.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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 Jalil
- Jalil MammadguluzadehAzerbaijani writer (1869–1932)
- Jalil ZandiIranian general (1951–2001)
- Jalil LespertFrench actor, screenwriter & film directorborn 1976
- Jalil AnibabaAmerican soccer playerborn 1988
- Jalil ElíasSyrian association football player (born 1996)
- Jalil ZiapourIranian painter (1920-1999)
- Jalil Abbas JilaniPakistani diplomat and politicianborn 1955
- Jalil ZalandAfghan singer1935–2009
- Jalil ZaidanIraqi footballerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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