Jamil is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “handsome.” In 2024 it was given to 58 boys in the United States.
Jamil belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “handsome” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Djemil.
In the United States, Jamil first appears in Social Security records in 1931. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #670 in 1978, and in 2024 58 babies received the name — 7,432 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jamil means “handsome” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jamil is a boy name. In 2024, 58 babies received the name in the US.
Jamil comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Djemil.
Jamil first appears in US records in 1931. Its best-ever ranking was #670 in 1978, and 58 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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