Given name & surname
Jamil
“a handsome man”
Jamil is a variant of Jamal. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Original Arabicجميل
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jamil is a variant of Jamal. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
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 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jamil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,735
- 7,481 boys · 254 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 222 babies
- 2025
- 48
- #2,695 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,695 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 214 in 1991. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,428 as a first name in 2020; 2,497 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.
Jamil’s family of names
In English usage, Jamil has a feminine form in Jamille. Jamil has a related form in Jamal. Jamil has a related form in Jameel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jamil has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Jamil comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jamil
- Jamil Mahuad41st Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuadorborn 1949
- Jamil Sidqi al-ZahawiIraqi poet and philosopher (1863–1936)
- Jamil Mardam BeySyrian politician (1893–1960)
- Jamil HasanliAzerbaijani politician and historianborn 1952
- Jamile SamuelDutch sprinterborn 1992
- Jamil Al MidfaiPrime Minister of Iraq (1890–1958)
- Gamil RatibEgyptian actor (1926-2018)
- Jamil ibn Ma'marArab poet655–701
- Jamil al-UlshiSyrian politician (1883–1951)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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