Yamilé

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Yamile in CO Colombia, AR Argentina, US United States and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Yamilé is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Yamile

• Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Egypt

  Also written Yamile

• Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Yamile

• Portuguese given name30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish

  Also written Jamile, Yamile, Jamilé, Ямиле, Jamíle

• Croatian given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Yamile

7 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Yamilé Martínezb. 1970CUCuban basketball player (born 1970)
• Yamilé Aldamab. 1972CUCuban-born triple jumper, represented Cuba until 2003, Sudan from 2004 to 2010, then Great Britain
• Yamilé Córdovab. 1972Cuban tennis player
• Yamilé Cruz Monterob. 1985CUCuban pianist
• Yamile Francob. 1992MXMexican association football player
• Yamilé Lopezresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Yamilé mean, and where does it come from?

One who relies on others. Recorded by The African book of names.

What are other forms of the name Yamilé?

In the etymology graph, Cemile, Jamila and Yamila are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Yamilé?

A machine transcription gives /jamile/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Yamilé a male or female name?

Yamilé is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Yamilé have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Yamilé in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yamile.

How common is the name Yamilé?

In Venezuela, the national register counted 3,016 people named Yamilé, about 1 in 9.5 thousand residents.

How common is Yamilé compared with other names?

In Colombia, Yamilé is the 257th most common given name of 106,067 given names recorded there.