Jamil (Arabic: جميل) is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. It means "handsome" or "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, Jameel (mainly among African Americans influenced by English spelling) and Yamil (Spanish spelling). The feminine equivalent is Jamila or Jamilah (Djamila). Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Jamil Abbas (1927–2005), Iraqi footballer
Jamil Abiad (born 1990), Canadian basketball coach and player
Jamil Adam (born 1991), English football player
Jamil Ahmad (1931–2014), Pakistani civil servant, novelist, and story writer
Jamil Ahmad (Gilgit-Baltistan politician), Pakistani politician
Jamil Ahmadov (1924–1944), Azerbaijani Red Army lieutenant
Jamil Ahmed (1928–1997), Pakistani politician
Jamil Uddin Ahmed (1933–1975), Bangladeshi military officer
Jamil Akhtar (1930–??), Pakistani footballer
Jamil Ali (born 1984), Singaporean footballer
Jamil Alibekov (1927–2014), Azerbaijani writer and public figure
Jamil Aliyev (born 1946), Azerbaijani academic
Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (1943–2025), American civil rights activist and convicted murderer
Jamil al-Assad (1932–2004), Syrian politician
Jamil Awad (1937–2021), Jordanian actor, writer, and director
Jamil Awoyejo (born 2001), English footballer
Jamil Azar (1937–2026), Jordanian journalist and author
Jamil Azzaoui (born 1961), Canadian comedian, radio personality, and musician
Jamil Bachir (1920–1977), Iraqi musician
Jamil Khir Baharom (born 1961), Malaysian politician and military officer
Jamil Baloch (born 1972), Pakistani sculptor
Jamil el-Banna (born 1962), Jordanian Guantanamo detainee
Jamil Baroody (1905–1979), Saudi diplomat
Jamil Bashir (1921–1977), Iraqi musician
Jamil Baz (born 1959), Lebanese economist and academic
Jamil Benouahi (born 1979), Moroccan football manager and player
Jamil Mardam Bey (1895–1960), Syrian politician
Jamil Mohamed Bubashit (born 1966), Saudi fencer
Jamil Canal (born 1946), Brazilian footballer
Jamil ibn Darraj, Arab Hadith narrator
Jamil Dehlavi (born 1944), British film director and producer of Indian descent
Jamil Dem (born 1993), German footballer
Jamil Demby (born 1996), American football player
Jamil Douglas (born 1992), American football player
Jamil Elshebli (born 1979), Jordanian Paralympian athlete
Jamil Fearrington (born 1986), Danish-American footballer
Jamil Gedeão (born 1931), Brazilian basketball player
Jamil Hamoudi (1924–2003), Iraqi artist
Jamil Hanoon (born 1942), Iraqi football coach and player
Jamil Haque (1956–1981), Bangladeshi army captain
Jamil Hasanli (born 1952), Azerbaijani historian, author, and politician
Jamil Hashweh (1903–1982), Palestinian social worker
Jamil Hassan (born 1952), Syrian Air Force general
Jamil Ibrahim Hejailan (born 1927), Saudi diplomat
Jamil Hopoate (born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer
Jamil Jabak (born 1955/56), Lebanese politician and physician
Jamil Jalibi (1929–2019), Pakistani Urdu linguist, critic, writer, and scholar
Jamil James (born 1986), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
Jamil Jean-Jacques (born 1975), Haitian footballer
Jamil Jivani (born 1987), Canadian politician
Jamil Joseph (born 1991), Saint Lucian footballer
Jamil Karzai, Afghan politician
Jamil Kasirye (born 1954), Ugandan footballer
Jamil Khadem, Australian rugby league footballer
Jamil Sahid Mohamed Khalil (1936–2000), Sierra Leonean-Lebanese businessman
Jamil Khan (born 1991), Pakistani cricketer
Jamil Ahmed Khan (diplomat), Pakistani diplomat
Jamil Ahmed Khan (politician), Pakistani politician
Jamil Hassan Khan (born 1957), Pakistani politician
Jamil Jan Kochai (born 1992), Afghan-American writer
Jamil Lahoud (1901–1983), Lebanese general and politician
Jamil bey Lambaranski (1884–1959), Azerbaijani politician
Jamil Lotfollahnasabi, Iranian table tennis coach
Jamil Mahuad (born 1949), Ecuadorian politician
Jamil Majdalawi (born 1946), Palestinian politician
Jamil Majid, Bangladeshi diplomat
Jamil ibn Ma'mar (died 701), Arab poet
Jamil Merrell (1990–2026), American football player
Jamil Mezher (born 1964), Palestinian militant and politician
Jamil al-Midfai (1890–1958), Iraqi politician
Jamil Molaeb (born 1948), Lebanese artist
Jamil Mufidzade (1934–2019), Azerbaijani painter
Jamil Muhammad (born 2000), Nigerian footballer
Jamil Mukulu (born 1964), Ugandan militant leader
Jamil Naqsh (1939–2019), Pakistani painter
Jamil Nasir, American author
Jamil Nasser (1932–2010), American jazz musician
Jamil Othman Nasser (1945–2008), Palestinian politician
Jamil Osman (born 1950), Malaysian Islamic scholar
Jamil Ibrahim Pasha, Syrian politician
Jamil Ahmad Qasmi (born 1961), Indian politician
Jamil Qassas, Palestinian activist
Jamil al-Rahman (1939–1991), Afghan warlord
Jamil El Reedy (born 1965), Egyptian alpine skier
Jamil Roberts (footballer, born 1998) (born 1998), English footballer
Jamil Roberts (soccer, born 1986) (born 1986), American footballer
Jamil Rostami (born 1971), Kurdish-Iranian film director
Jamil Sadegholvaad (born 1972), Italian politician
Jamil al-Saleh (born 1974), Syrian military officer and politician
Jamil Salleh (born 1959), Malaysian politician and civil servant
Jamil Al Sayyed (born 1950), Lebanese politician
Jamil Siebert (born 2002), German footballer
Jamil Smith (journalist) (born 1975), American journalist
Jamil Walker Smith (born 1982), American actor
Jamil Suaiden (born 1972), Brazilian cyclist
Jamil Al-Sufri (1921–2021), Bruneian aristocrat, historian, and teacher
Jamil Sulong (1926–2014), Malaysian actor, film director, and scriptwriter
Jamil Takidine (born 2002), Belgian footballer
Jamil Tutunji (1896–1981), Jordanian doctor and politician
Jamil al-Ulshi (1883–1951), Syrian politician
Jamil Rahmat Vance, Pakistani Army major general
Jamil Abdul Wahab (1913–1973), Iraqi lawyer, judge, and politician
Jamil Walker (born 1981), American footballer
Jamil Wilson (born 1990), American basketball player
Jamil Yamani, Australian video artists
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863–1936), Iraqi poet and philosopher



