Given name
Yamilah
“a beautiful woman”
Yamilah is a variant of Yamilla. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yamilah is a variant of Yamilla. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yamilah 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 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yamilah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9
- 0 boys · 9 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 9 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 9 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yamilah’s family of names
Yamilah has a related form in Yamilla.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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