Jamil
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic جميل (jamīl).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jamil (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jamil has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 150 |
| 2000 | 153 |
| 2001 | 161 |
| 2002 | 170 |
| 2003 | 183 |
| 2004 | 192 |
| 2005 | 195 |
| 2006 | 213 |
| 2007 | 222 |
| 2008 | 220 |
| 2009 | 233 |
| 2010 | 239 |
| 2011 | 251 |
| 2012 | 256 |
| 2013 | 285 |
| 2014 | 309 |
| 2015 | 349 |
| 2016 | 412 |
| 2017 | 436 |
| 2018 | 460 |
| 2019 | 468 |
| 2020 | 487 |
Jamil in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jamil.Hi! My name is Jamil.
- Har du träffat Jamil? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jamil? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Jamil i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jamil this afternoon.
- Jamils mamma är lärare.Jamil's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jamils mamma is Jamil's mum.
Related names and other spellings
More names
Questions about Jamil
How do you pronounce Jamil in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jamil in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Jamil mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic جميل (jamīl).
How popular is Jamil in Sweden?
8 babies were named Jamil in 2022. In 2020, 487 people in Sweden had Jamil as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.