Jemila

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Beautiful

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒmʲila/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jemila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country. In Mauritania it is the 87th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M
  • ETEthiopia≈1 in 3.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)

≈27,000 people, est.

Sources
127 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Ethiopia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Beautiful

Sources 1

  • The book of African names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jemila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jemila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ET Ethiopia—≈27,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K—Jemila6
NG Nigeria—≈18,000 est.≈1 in 12K—Jemila32
SA Saudi Arabia—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 32K—Jemila9
GH Ghana—≈490 est.≈1 in 59K—Jemila9
KE Kenya—≈440 est.≈1 in 123K—Jemila7
US United States—3141 in 1.1M314Jemila127
AE United Arab Emirates—≈270 est.≈1 in 38K—Jemila12
MR Mauritania#87≈120 est.≈1 in 33K—Jemila9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

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

Jemila is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Nigeria

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jémila, Jèmila

  • Amharic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, Nigeria, United States, India

    Also written ጀሚላ, ጀምላ, Jamilaa

43 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jemila,

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)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Jemila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020314#28,553
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199314—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199412—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197811—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20219—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19958—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19928—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19798—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19986—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19916—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19836—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19826—

Reference works 1

  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jemila mean, and where does it come from?
Beautiful Recorded by The book of African names.
How do you pronounce Jemila?
A machine transcription gives /dʒmʲila/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jemila a male or female name?
Jemila 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 Jemila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Jemila in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jemila.
How common is the name Jemila?
In the United States, the national register counted 314 people named Jemila in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
How common is Jemila compared with other names?
In Mauritania, Jemila is the 87th most common given name of 605 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jemila” — the 87th most common given name in Mauritania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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