MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jamil mean?
Jamīl is an Arabic beauty adjective connected with jamāl, beauty. Jameela is its feminine counterpart with the same long middle vowel.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
جميل
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
जमील
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Jameel
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jamil in Indian usage
81,090 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,239 records (4%).
- Recorded as male: 77,851 records (96%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,248 |
| 1940s | 4,814 |
| 1950s | 10,613 |
| 1960s | 18,109 |
| 1970s | 19,915 |
| 1980s | 18,133 |
| 1990s | 7,990 |
| Other decades | 268 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 44,896 |
| Bihar | 10,695 |
| Rajasthan | 5,776 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,714 |
| Maharashtra | 3,601 |
| Haryana | 2,714 |
| Jharkhand | 2,630 |
| Delhi | 1,871 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,857 |
| Punjab | 660 |
| Assam | 591 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 518 |
| Kerala | 185 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 135 |
| Other states | 247 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Jamil / M | 13 | 1,897 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Jamil Khir Baharom
Malaysian politician
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Jamil ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Jamil; Table_6, C1967 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Jamil; Table_6, C1967
- Behind the Name: Jamil ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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