Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Jamelia
/jah · MEE · lee · ah/
Meaning
“Beautiful”
Modern English feminine name, likely a blend of James and Amelia or a variant of Jamila (Arabic, 'beautiful'); made prominent in the UK by singer Jamelia in the 2000s.
Nicknames
jam · melia
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Pop-culture tied - charming but the celebrity association will fade.
The cultural moment.
Rose in the UK in the early 2000s alongside the singer's career; now uncommon for newborns.