Djamila

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jamila in IN India, US United States, PK Pakistan and 9 more, Yamila in AR Argentina, UY Uruguay, BR Brazil and 5 more, Джамиля in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 1 more and Jamilah in MY Malaysia, PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Djamila is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name3.5K records spelled Djamila19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Algeria, United States, Spain, Türkiye

  Also written Djâmîlã, Djămīlã, Djãmïlâ, Djãmîlâ, Djãmïlå

• Czech given name40 records spelled Djamila3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia

  Also written Djämīla

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Djamila is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Nom d’origine arabe lié à la beauté; évoque un passage, la naissance et la reconnaissance, avec une référence symbolique au baptême en « langue des oiseaux ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, De l’arabe jamīla « belle »; prénom musulman.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 24 years between 1983–2019. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Djamila Debècheb. 1926DZFrench-Algerian writer
• Djamila Bouhiredb. 1935DZAlgerian political terrorist
• Djamila Boupachab. 1938DZpolitical activist and victim of torture by the French colonial army
• Djamila Bouazzab. 1938DZAlgerian independence activist
• Jamīlah Zunayrb. 1949DZnot in their usual nameAlgerian short story writer
• Djamila Sahraouib. 1950DZAlgerian film director
• Djamila Boushakib. 1968DZveterinarian
• Djamila Ribeirob. 1980BRBrazilian philosophist and feminist
• Djamila Landbrugb. 1988actress
• Djamilab. 1991NLDutch YouTuber

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 137 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Djamila?

We estimate roughly 25 thousand people bear Djamila (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Djamila have the most bearers?

Djamila is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled yamila.

How common is Djamila compared with other names?

In Argentina, Djamila is the 227th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Djamila a male or female name?

Djamila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Djamila mean?

Recorded meaning: Arabic Jamīla, feminine of Jamāl ‘beautiful’