Jameil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-MEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
Jameil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jameil mean?
Arabic: respelling of Jameel (Jamil)
“beautiful”
A respelling of Jameel, from the Arabic word jamil, meaning beautiful.
Is Jameil a girl's or a boy's name?
Jameil is a boys' name.
How popular is Jameil in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Jameil in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jameil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
Names like Jameil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad, Hamza, Muhammad, Amir, Zahir, Samir, Khalil, Abdullah, Raheem, Mustafa, Khalid, Hassan
Names related to Jameil
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jameil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jameil, updated 20 October 2026.