Jamal
Jamal (Arabic: جمال Jamāl/Ǧamāl ) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "beauty",[2] and a surname.
| Pronunciation | Hejaz and Najd: [dʒaˈmaːl] Levant: [ʒaˈmaːl] Tunisia: [ʒæˈmɛːl] Egypt: [ɡæˈmæːl] English: /dʒəˈmɑːl/[1] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | Beauty |
| Region of origin | Arab world |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Cemal, Cemil, Djamal, Džemal, Gamal, Jammal, Jamaal, Jamil; Jamila (feminine) |
In Egypt, the name is pronounced [ɡæˈmæːl] and as such is normally transliterated Gamal. Tunisians and Somalis may spell it Jamel or Jamal. Somalis mainly spell this name as Jamaal. In Turkish, the name is transliterated as Cemal, in Albanian as Xhemal (though not to be confused with Shamil), and in Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian as Džemal or Ćemo.
Notable people with the given name
- Jamal Abro (1924–2004) Pakistani Sindhi Writer
- Jamal Adams (born 1995), American football player
- Jamal Agnew (born 1995), American football player
- Jamal Anderson (born 1972), American football player
- Jamal Carter (born 1994), American football player
- Jamal Crawford (born 1980), American basketball player
- Jamal Dajani (born 1957), Palestinian-American journalist, producer, and writer
- Jamal Fyfield (born 1989), English footballer
- Jamal Al Hajj (born 1971), Lebanese footballer
- Jamal Hamdan (born 1958), Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Jamal Idris (born 1990), Australian rugby player
- Jamal Khashoggi, a US-Saudi man murdered in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey
- Jamal Khwaja (born 1926), Indian philosopher
- Jamal Lewis (born 1979), American football player
- Jamal Malyar, Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Jamal Mashburn (born 1972), American basketball player
- Jamal Mayers (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jamal Mohamed (born 1984), Kenyan footballer
- Jamal Mustafa, American wrestler (better known by the ring name Mustafa Saed)
- Jamal Nebez (born 1933), Kurdish linguist and mathematician.
- Jamal Phillips (born 1979), American rapper and member of Illegal and Def Squad
- Jamal Robinson (American football) (born 1993), American football player
- Jamal Williams (born 1976), American football player
- Jamal Woolard (born 1975), American entertainer
- Jamal, stage name of Eddie Fatu or Umaga (wrestler) (1973–2009), Samoan wrestler
Notable people with this surname
- Ahmad Jamal (born 1930), American jazz pianist and composer
- Ahmed Jamal (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
- Amir H. Jamal (1922–1995), former Tanzanian Minister of Finance
- Ammar Jemal (born 1987), Tunisian footballer
- Maher Jamal, Syrian politician
Fictional characters
- Jamal Lyon, one of the main protagonists of the Fox show Empire
- Jamal Malik, protagonist in the film Slumdog Millionaire
- Jamal Jenkins, main character in the PBS show Ghostwriter (TV series)
- Jamal Grant, main character in the NBC show City Guys
- Jamal Al-Fayeed, main antagonist of the FX show Tyrant (TV series)
- Jamal Wallace, main character of the film Finding Forrester
- Jamal, a supporting character in the video game Sonic Unleashed
People with the name and surname Jammal
Given name
- Jammal Brown (born 1981), American football offensive tackle
- Jammal Lord (born 1981), American football player
- Jammal Shahin (born 1988), Jordanian amateur footballer
Surname
- Jules Jammal (born 1932-1956), Syrian military officer
- Noel Jammal (born 1990), Lebanese race car driver
- Razane Jammal (born 1987), Lebanese actress
See also
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook, 1954), American convict
- Jamal ad-Din (disambiguation)
- Kamal
- Jalal (disambiguation)
References
- Jamal at Dictionary.com
- Jamal at BehindTheName.com
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