Jamila

Jamila (Arabic: جميله ‎, Kyrgyz: Жамийла, Жамила) is a popular given name in Arabic and in many other languages. It means "beautiful" (in feminine). Variants of the name are Gamila, Cemila, Cemile, Djemila, Džemila, Jamillah, Djémila, Djamila and Jamyla).

The masculine form is Jamil, Gamil (mainly in Egypt), Cemil (mainly in Turkey), Djemil, Djamel and Djémil (mainly in North African countries) and Djamil.

Notable people with the name include:

Cemile

• Cemile Sultan (1843–1915), Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I
• Cemile Giousouf (born 1978), German politician of Turkish ethnicity

Djamila

• Djamila Bouhired (born 1935), Algerian nationalist

• Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti (born 1955), Palestinian politician
• Jamila Gavin (born 1941), British writer born in India
• Jamila Jemstone (born 1972), Nigerian singer
• Jamila Madeira (born 1975), Portuguese politician
• Jamila Massey (born 1934), Indian actress and writer
• Jamila M'Barek (born c. 1961), widow of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury and accomplice in his murder
• Jamila Mujahed, Afghan journalist
• Jamila Wideman (born 1975), American basketball player

Yamila

• Yamila Diaz-Rahi (born 1976), Argentine model

Other uses

• Jamila Inzamam, an EastEnders character
• Al Jamila, Arabic magazine