Jalīla

Jalīla (Arabic: جليلة) is a historically attested female given name formed as the feminine of جليل (jalīl), meaning 'great', 'magnificent', or 'venerable'. The name has classical Arabic roots and is used across the Muslim world, including among Sindhi and South Asian Muslim families where Arabic-derived names are common. Jalīla appears in onomastic records and occasionally in biographical listings; it is stylistically formal and conveys honor. As a lexical item, جليلة occurs in Arabic literature and classical lexicons describing lofty attributes, and its use as a name follows the well-established pattern of adjectival feminine names in Islamicate naming practice. Related or similar names that share semantic fields include [[Jamila]] (beautiful), [[Jaleela]] (alternate transliteration), and [[Khadija]] (early Islamic dignified female name), which are often paired in studies of Arabic female names. There is no direct verse in the Quran naming Jalīla as a person, but the adjective appears in religious and poetic registers across sources.