Yamel
Girl · yah-MEL · Arabic
Yamel is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yamel mean?
Arabic: possibly a Latin American form of Jamil or Jamila
Possibly a Latin American form of the Arabic Jamila, 'beautiful', as in Yamile.
- Say it
- yah-MEL
Is Yamel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamel is a girls' name.
How popular is Yamel in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Yamel in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yamel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Names like Yamel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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