Given name
Jameela
“a beautiful and elegant lady”
Jameela is a variant of Jameelah. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful and elegant lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jameela is a variant of Jameelah. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful and elegant lady.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jameela is a variant of Jamil. An origin associated with Jamil is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jameela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 926
- 0 boys · 926 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,960 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,960 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 873 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.
Jameela’s family of names
Jameela has a related form in Jamila. Jameela has a related form in Jamil. Jameela has a related form in Jameelah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jameela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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