Fun Facts About the Name Kameela
- 247 babies named Kameela: U.S. records list 247 babies given the name Kameela from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kameela Mean?
Kameela is a feminine name meaning "perfect" or "complete," from Arabic. It comes from the Arabic word kāmil (كامل), "perfect, complete, whole," built on the root k-m-l, which conveys the idea of something being finished or brought to fullness. The feminine form is kāmila (كاملة), and the spelling Kameela is one of several ways of rendering it in the Latin alphabet.
The customary sense of the name is not "flawless" in a narrow way but "complete" or "fully developed." The doubled ee in this spelling stands in for the long vowel of kāmila; other transliterations, such as Kamila, Kamilla, and Kamilah, represent the same Arabic word.
Kameela Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the large family of Arabic names formed from the root k-m-l. The masculine Kamil was used in the medieval Islamic world, and the feminine Kamila appears alongside it. An example of the masculine form in historical records is al-Malik al-Kamil, the Ayyubid sultan who ruled Egypt in the first half of the thirteenth century and is remembered for negotiating with Crusaders during the Fifth Crusade; the feminine form follows the standard Arabic pattern for making a name feminine.
Through Persian and, later, Urdu, the name spread among Muslim communities in South Asia, where the spelling Kameela is common and reflects local transliteration habits. The Turkish form is Kamile. In Arabic-speaking countries the name is usually written Kamila or Kamilah in English letters.
The similar-looking Latin name Camilla has a separate origin: it is the feminine of the Roman cognomen Camillus and is best known in English through literary works such as Virgil's Aeneid. The resemblance between Kameela and Camilla is a coincidence of sound, not a shared source.
How Popular is the Name Kameela?
Kameela has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #5,338 in 1978.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,398 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,851 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,710 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #8,775 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #8,709 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #8,656 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #8,358 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #8,888 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #12,383 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #11,436 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #11,439 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #18,159 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #18,369 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #14,422 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #16,482 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #18,554 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #9,350 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #8,856 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #15,541 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,273 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #13,320 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #11,014 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #7,783 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #11,137 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #7,049 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #6,973 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #5,338 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #8,945 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #5,372 | 11 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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