Jamal

juh-MAHL

Arabic

"beauty"

Jamal Origin and Meaning

The name Jamal is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty".

Jamal is an Arabic boys’ name meaning "beauty." Jamal and its variants are popular in the Muslim community, although Jamal’s popularity within the US has decreased in recent years.

Jamal has been used for at least one memorable character: the young hero of the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. Other variations are the Bosnian Džemal (prn: Jemal) and Egyptian Gamal.

Jamal Rank in US Top 1000

# 868 in the US

Popularity of the name Jamal

• 868 US 2021
• 28 Unique 2023
• 629 England 2023
• 462 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Jamal

• Jamal Charles American NFL football player
• Jamal Dasuki Idris Australian Rugby League football player
• Jamal (Phillips) American rapper
• Jamal Bush aka Rock American rapper
• Jamal Lafitte Lewis American NFL football player
• Jamal ad Din al,Afghani, Iranian political activist & Islamic ideologist
• (Aaron) Jamal Crawford American basketball player
• Jamal Abro Pakistani Sindhi writer
• Jamal Khwaja Indian philosopher
• Jamal Woolard American actor, rapper & comedian
• Jamal Nebez Kurdish linguist, mathematician & writer
• Jamal Mashburn American basketball player
• Jamal Aziz Othman Swiss figure skater
• Jamal Shipman Survivor: Island of the Idols contestant

The name Jamal in Pop Culture

• Jamal Malik main character in film "Slumdog Millionaire"
• Jamal Lyon character on TV's "Empire"
• Jamal Wallace character in film "Finding Forrester"

International Variations of the name Jamal

• Gamal Arabic
• Cemal Turkish