Jamella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEL-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Jamella is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jamella mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamila
“beautiful”
A variant of Jamila, the feminine of Jamil, 'handsome, beautiful'.
Is Jamella a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamella is a girls' name.
How popular is Jamella in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1988, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Jamella in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Jamella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamila, Jessica, Aisha, Samantha, Samira, Amanda, Amira, Fatima, Alyssa, Khadija, Johanna, Amina
Names related to Jamella
Jamilah, Jamyla, Jameela, Jamylah, Jamelia, Jameelah, Jamilla
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, 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, “Jamella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamella, updated 20 October 2026.