# Jamil

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'''Jamil''' ({{langx|ar|جميل}}) is an [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) given name. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Judith Rosenhouse|title=Personal Names in Hebrew and Arabic: Modern Trends Compared to the Past|journal=Journal of Semitic Studies|date=Spring 2002|volume=47|issue=1|page=106
|doi=10.1093/jss/47.1.97}}</ref> The Latin spelling variants include [Gamil](/source/Gamil_(name)) (used mainly in Egypt), [Cemil](/source/Cemil) (in Turkish), Djemil or Djamel (mainly in North African countries influenced by French spelling), Djamil, [Jameel](/source/Jameel) (mainly among African Americans influenced by English spelling) and [Yamil](/source/Yamil) (Spanish spelling). The feminine equivalent is [Jamila](/source/Jamila) or [Jamilah](/source/Jamilah) ([Djamila](/source/Djamila)).

==Notable people with the given name Jamil==
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* [Jamil Abdullah al-Amin](/source/H._Rap_Brown) (né Hubert Gerold Brown, born 1943), American [civil rights activist](/source/civil_rights_activist) and convicted murderer
* [Jamil Adam](/source/Jamil_Adam) (born 1991), English football player
* [Jamil al-Assad](/source/Jamil_al-Assad) (1932–2004), Syrian politician
* [Jamil Azzaoui](/source/Jamil_Azzaoui) (born 1961), Canadian comedian, radio personality, and musician
* [Jamil Bachir](/source/Jamil_Bachir) (1920–1977), Iraqi musician and sibling of [Munir Bashir](/source/Munir_Bashir)
* [Jamil al-Banna](/source/Jamil_al-Banna) (born 1952), [Palestinian-Jordanian](/source/Palestinians_in_Jordan) refugee formerly held at [Guantanamo Bay detention camp](/source/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp)
* [Jamil Canal](/source/Jamil_Canal) (born 1946), Brazilian soccer player in the American Soccer League
* [Jamil Dehlavi](/source/Jamil_Dehlavi) (born 1944), British film/director/producer of Indian descent
* [Jamil Demby](/source/Jamil_Demby) (born 1996), American football player
* [Jamil Fearrington](/source/Jamil_Fearrington) (born 1986), Danish American football player
* [Jamil Ibrahim Hejailan](/source/Jamil_Ibrahim_Hejailan) (born 1927), Saudi diplomat
* [Jamil James](/source/Jamil_James) (born 1986), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
* [Jamil Jean-Jacques](/source/Jamil_Jean-Jacques) (born 1975), Haitian soccer player
* [Jamil al-Midfai](/source/Jamil_al-Midfai) (1890-1958), Iraqi politician
* [Jamil Mahuad](/source/Jamil_Mahuad) (born 1949), former president of Ecuador (1998–2000)
* [Jamil Majdalawi](/source/Jamil_Majdalawi) (born 1946), Palestinian politician
* [Jamil Mardam Bey](/source/Jamil_Mardam_Bey) (1895-1960), Syrian politician
* [Jamil Moledina](/source/Jamil_Moledina), American video game industry event director
* [Jamil Naqsh](/source/Jamil_Naqsh) (1939-2019), Pakistani painter
* [Jamil Nasser](/source/Jamil_Nasser) (1932-2010), American jazz musician
* [Jamil Othman Nasser](/source/Jamil_Othman_Nasser) (1945-2008), Palestinian politician
* [Jamil El Reedy](/source/Jamil_El_Reedy) (born 1965), Egyptian alpine skier
* [Jamil Roberts (soccer, born 1986)](/source/Jamil_Roberts_(soccer%2C_born_1986)) (born 1986), American soccer player
* [Jamil Rostami](/source/Jamil_Rostami) (born 1971), Kurdish-Iranian film director
* [Jamil Sahid Mohamed](/source/Jamil_Sahid_Mohamed) (1936-2000), Sierra Leonean businessman of Lebanese descent
* [Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi](/source/Jamil_Sidqi_al-Zahawi) (1863-1936), Iraqi poet/philosopher
* [Jamil Smith](/source/Jamil_Smith_(journalist)) (born 1975), American journalist
* [Jamil Uddin Ahmed](/source/Jamil_Uddin_Ahmed) (1933-1975), Bangladeshi military officer
* [Jamil al-Ulshi](/source/Jamil_al-Ulshi) (1883-1951), Syrian politician and former acting head of state in Syria
* [Jamil Walker](/source/Jamil_Walker) (born 1981), American soccer player
* [Jamil Walker Smith](/source/Jamil_Walker_Smith) (born 1982), American actor
* [Jamil Wilson](/source/Jamil_Wilson) (born 1990), American basketball player

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==See also==
* [Professor Jamil](/source/Professor_Jamil), a small municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil
* [Cemal](/source/Cemal)
* [Gamal (disambiguation)](/source/Gamal_(disambiguation)) 
* [Jamal](/source/Jamal)
* [Jamila](/source/Jamila)
* [Jamill](/source/Jamill)
* [Yamil](/source/Yamil)

==References==
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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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