Given name
Yamila
“a beautiful woman”
Yamila is a variant of Yamilla. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yamila is a variant of Yamilla. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yamila is a variant of Yamilla. An origin associated with Yamilla is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yamila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,216
- 0 boys · 1,216 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 133 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,348 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,348 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 133 in 2017. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,931 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.
Yamila’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Yamila has a conventional equivalent in the German form DJAMILA. Yamila has a related form in Yamilla.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Yamila
- Yamila NizetichArgentinian volleyball playerborn 1989
- Yamila Diaz-RahiArgentine modelborn 1976
- Yamila RodríguezArgentine association football playerborn 1998
- Yamila Badellassociation football playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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