Jamila

Popularity

Variations

• Cemile
• Cəmilə
• Djamila, Djemila
• Džemila
• Dzhamilja
• Gamila
• Giamila
• Jameela, Jameelah, Jamie Jamila, Jamilla, Jamillah, Jemila, Jemilah, Jemilla, Jemillah, Jemileh, Jemilleh, Mila, Milla, Millie, Milly
• Jamira, Jamīra
• Jamila, Jamileth, Jamilex, Jamillette, Yamila, Yamile, Yamilé, Yamilet, Yamileth, Yamilex

  Sports

• Cemile Timur, Turkish former football player, referee and current team manager
• Djamila Rakhmatova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast
• Jamila Wideman, American basketball player and daughter of John Edgar Wideman
• Yamila Badell, Uruguayan soccer player
• Yamila Hernández, Cuban volleyball player
• Yamila Nizetich, Argentina volleyball player
• Yamila Zambrano, Cuban judoka
• Yamile Fors Guerra, Cuban tennis player
• Yamilé Martínez, Cuban basketball player
• Yamilet Peña, Dominican artistic gymnast

  Arts and Entertainment

• Djemila Benhabib, Ukrainian-born Canadian journalist and writer
• Jameela Jamil, British television presenter and model
• Jamila Afghani, Afghan activist and feminist
• Jamila Cholimbo, American singer-songwriter better known as Mila J
• Jamila Gavin, Indian-born British writer and mother-in-law of Dido
• Jamila Massey, Indian-born British actress and writer
• Jamila Mohammed, Nigerian-born British singer-songwriter better known as Jamila Jemstone
• Jamila Mujahed, Afghan journalist
• Jamila Velazquez, American singer and actress
• Jamila Woods, American singer-songwriter and poet
• Jamilah Kolocotronis, American writer
• Jamilah Lemieux, American editor
• Jamilah Tangaza, Nigerian journalist
• Jamileh Sheykhi, Iranian actress and mother of Atila Pesyani
• Jamillah Ross, Canadian comedian and singer-songwriter
• Jamillah Knowles, Australian journalist better known as Jemimah Knight
• Jamillette Gaxiola, Mexican beauty queen who represented Cuba in Miss Earth 2009
• Yamila Cafrune, Argentine folk singer
• Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentine model

  Politics

• Cemile Giousouf, Turkish-German politician
• Jamila Gilani, Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
• Djamila Bouhired, Algerian nationalist
• Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti, Palestinian politician
• Jamila Madeira, Portuguese politician
• Jamilah Nasheed, American politician

  Religion

• Jamila bint Thabit, companion of Muhammad and wife of Umar
• Jamilah bint Adwan, ancestor of Muhammad

  Royalty and Nobility

• Cemile Sultan, Ottoman princess and issue of Abdulmejid I
• Jamila "Sarah" Ashley-Cooper, Dowager Countess of Shaftesbury, French murderer and widow of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

  Other uses

• Djémila, a city in Algeria, formerly known as Cuicul.
• Jameela, a character in the Geo Entertainment comedic drama Yeh Zindagi Hai.
• Jamila, a fashion doll marketed to children in the Middle East, similar to Barbie and Fulla.
• Jamila Inzamam, a character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Sara Aisha Kent.
• Jamilah Malik, a character in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City, played by Laxmi Kathuria.
• Jamila, the Algerian, a 1958 Egyptian film based on the life of Djamila Bouhired.
• Jemilla, a character in the musical Firebringer, portrayed by Meredith Stepien.