Jamil

Where Jamil comes from

Borrowed from Arabic جميل (jamīl).
— Wiktionary's entry for Jamil
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1863
    Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi born
    Iraqi poet and philosopher
  2. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,763 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1949
    Jamil Mahuad born
    41st Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador
  4. 1978
    Peak, #669
    157 babies named Jamil — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,167.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Jamil Mahuad · 41st Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador, born 1949
  • Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi · Iraqi poet and philosopher, 1863–1936
  • Jamil Mardam Bey · Syrian politician, 1893–1960
  • Jamil Hasanli · Azerbaijani politician and historian, born 1952
  • Jamil al-Midfai · Prime Minister of Iraq, 1890–1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.