Given name
Jemila
“a beautiful and elegant lady”
Jemila is a variant of Jameelah. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful and elegant lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jemila is a variant of Jameelah. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful and elegant lady.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jemila is a variant of Jameelah. An origin associated with Jameelah is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jemila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 144
- 0 boys · 144 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 14 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 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.
Jemila’s family of names
Jemila has a related form in Jameelah. In English usage, Jemila has a conventional equivalent in the German form DJAMILA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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