Given name
Jameelah
“a beautiful and elegant lady”
Jameelah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful and elegant lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful and elegant lady.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jameelah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,312
- 0 boys · 1,312 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,731 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,731 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 44.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 82 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,065 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.
Jameelah’s family of names
Jameelah has a related form in Jamila. Jameelah has a related form in Jamilah. Jameelah has a related form in Jamilla.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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