Shamil
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Shamil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “complete, comprehensive”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Shamil mean?
Arabic
“complete, comprehensive”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shamil a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shamil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shamil, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shamil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Shamil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Saif Fahad Hassan Nabil Salim Samir Suhaib Saeed Habib Azeem Sabir
Names related to Shamil
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shamil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamil, updated 20 October 2026.