Where does the name Jamila come from?

Jamila is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Is Jamila a girl's or a boy's name?

Jamila is usually given to girls.

Swahili name

means "Beautiful"

Jamila is a Swahili name meaning "Beautiful". It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Jamila means beautiful, a name loved along the Swahili coast and across the Arabic-speaking world.

jah-MEE-lah

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

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What does the name Jamila mean?: Jamila is a Swahili name meaning "Beautiful". Jamila means beautiful, a name loved along the Swahili coast and across the Arabic-speaking world.
How do you pronounce Jamila?: Say it jah-MEE-lah. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Jamila come from?: Jamila is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Is Jamila a girl's or a boy's name?: Jamila is usually given to girls.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.