Jamil

Jamil (Template:Lang-ar) is an Arabic given name. It means "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil (used mainly in Egypt), Cemil (in Turkish), Djemil or Djamel (mainly in North African countries influenced by French spelling), Djamil and Jameel (mainly among African Americans influenced by English spelling). Yamil, which is the Spanish variant of the name Jamil, has the same pronunciation in Spanish, but different spelling. The feminine equivalent is Jamila (also Gamila, Cemila, Djemila, Djamila, Jameela, Yamila, Jamyla, and Jamily).

Notable people with the given name Jamil

• Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (nee Hubert Gerold Brown, b. 1943), American civil rights activist and convicted murderer
• Jamil Adam (b. 1991), English soccer player
• Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir, Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp
• Jamil Ali Al Kabi, Saudi detainee held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp
• Jamil al-Assad (1932–2004), a Syrian politician
• Jamil Azzaoui (b. 1961), Canadian comedian, radio personality, and musician
• Jamil Bachir (1920–1977), Iraqi musician and sibling of Munir Bashir
• Jamil al-Banna (b. 1952), Palestinian-Jordanian refugee formerly held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp
• Jamil Canal, a Brazilian soccer player in the American Soccer League
• Jamil Dehlavi, British film/director/producer of Indian descent
• Jamil Demby, American football player
• Jamil Fearrington, a Danish American football player
• Jamil James, a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
• Jamil Jean-Jacques, a Haitian soccer player
• Jamil al-Midfai, an Iraqi politician
• Jamil Mahuad, former president of Ecuador (1998–2000)
• Jamil Majdalawi, a Palestinian politician
• Jamil Mardam Bey, a Syrian politiciain
• Jamil Moledina, an American videogame industry event director
• Jamil Naqsh, a Pakistani painter
• Jamil Nasser, an American jazz musician
• Jamil Othman Nasser, a Palestinian politician
• Jamil El Reedy, an Egyptian alpine skier
• Jamil Roberts, American soccer player
• Jamil Rostami, a Kurdish-Iranian film director
• Jamil Sahid Mohamed, a Sierra Leonean businessman of Lebanese descent
• Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, an Iraqi poet/philosopher
• Jamil al-Ulshi, a Syrian politician and former acting head of state in Syria
• Jamil Walker, American soccer player
• Jamil Walker Smith, an American actor
• Jamil Yamani, a video artist

See also

• Jamill
• Professor Jamil, a small municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil
• Cemal
• Gamal (disambiguation)
• Jamal
• Jamila