Jamīla

Jamīla or Jamila ( Arabic جميلة, DMG Ǧamīla ) is a female given name that is widely used in Arab countries . Translated it means "the beautiful". Other Latin spellings are Jamila , Gamila , Cemila , Cemile , Djemila , Djémila , Djamila and Jamyla . A masculine form of the name is Jamil .

Name bearers

• Jamila Abitar (* 1969), Moroccan-French poet
• Djamila Rowe (* 1967), German make-up artist
• Djamila Sahraoui (* 1950), Algerian film director
• Jamila Schäfer (* 1993), German politician

See also

• Jamal , male first name
• Djamila , novella by Genghis Aitmatov

Web links

Wiktionary: Jamīla  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Jamila on namepedia.org