- Meaning
- All-embracing, complete
- Arabic
- شامل
- Say it
- SHAA-mil
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Imam Shamil, leader of Dagestan and Chechnya in the 19th century
Other spellings
Şamil
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Questions about Shamil
What does Shamil mean?
Shamil means: All-embracing, complete.
Is Shamil in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Shamil a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Shamil is a boy’s name.
How do you write Shamil in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Shamil is written شامل.