Jamal
Jamal |
Pronunciation |
[dʒaˈmaːl] |
Gender |
Male |
Origin |
Word/Name |
Arabic |
Meaning |
Beauty |
Region of origin |
Arab World |
Other names |
Related names |
Jamil (masculine adjective), Jamila (feminine adjective) |
Jamal (Arabic: جمال, Jamāl) is an Arabic masculine given name, it means beautiful. The use of this name is widespread across the Muslim world.
In Egypt the name is pronounced [ɡaˈmaːl]. In Turkey, the name is transliterated as Cemal, and in Bosnia as Džemal.
People with the given name
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 – 1970), Egyptian president
- Jamal Nebez (born 1933), Kurdish linguist and mathematician.
- Jamal Anderson (born 1972), American football player
- Jamal Crawford (born 1980), American basketball player
- Jamal Lewis (born 1979), American football player
- Jamal Khwaja (born 1926), Indian philosopher
- Jamal Mashburn (born 1972), American basketball player
- Jamal Mayers (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jamal Mohammed (born 1984), Kenyan footballer
- Gamal Mubarak, son of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
- Jamal Mustafa, American wrestler (better known by the ring name Mustafa Saed)
- Jamal Phillips (born 1979), American rapper and member of Illegal and Def Squad
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born 1970), American television actor, film director, and musician
- Jamal Woolard (born 1975), American entertainer
- Jamal (band), Polish reggae raggamuffin and hip hop band
- Jamal, stage name of Eddie Fatu or Umaga (wrestler) (1973 – 2009), Samoan wrestler
People with the surname
Fictional characters
- Jamal Malik, protagonist in the film Slumdog Millionaire
- Jamal Grant, main character in the NBC show City Guys
Other uses
See also