Jamal
| 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, Jamil; Jamila (feminine) |
Jamal (Template:Lang-ar Jamāl/Ǧamāl ) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "beauty".[2]
In Egypt the name is pronounced [ɡæˈmæːl] and so is normally spelled Gamal . Tunisians and Somalis may spell it Jamel/Jamal. In Turkish, the name is transliterated as Cemal, Albanian as Xhemal (not to be confused with Shamil) and in Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian as Džemal or Ćemo.
Notable people with the given name
- Djamel Abdoun, Algerian professional footballer
- Jamal Abro (1924–2004) Pakistani Sindhi Writer
- Jamal Adams (born 1995), American football player
- Jamal Agnew (born 1995), American football player
- Djamal Amrani, Algerian poet
- Jamal Anderson (born 1972), American football player
- Gamal Aziz, also known as Gamal Mohammed Abdelaziz, Egyptian former President and Chief Operating Officer of Wynn Resorts, and former CEO of MGM Resorts International, indicted as part of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
- Džemal Bijedić (1917–1977), Yugoslav Communist politician
- Jamal Carter (born 1994), American football player
- Jamal Crawford (born 1980), American basketball player
- Jamal Dajani (born 1957), Palestinian-American journalist, producer, and writer
- Andre Jamal Drummond (born 1993), American basketball player
- Jamal Fyfield (born 1989), English footballer
- Jamal Hamdan (born 1958), Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Jamal Idris (born 1990), Australian rugby player
- Jamal Khashoggi, a US-Saudi man and relative of Adnan Khashoggi; he was murdered in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey
- Jamal Khwaja (born 1926), Indian philosopher
- Jamal Lewis (born 1979), American football player
- Djamal Mahamat, Libyan footballer
- Jamal Mashburn (born 1972), American basketball player
- Jamal Mayers (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
- Djamal Mohamed, French-born Comorian footballer
- Jamal Mohamed (born 1984), Kenyan footballer
- Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), Yugoslav and Bosnian singer and songwriter
- Gamal Mubarak (born 1963), son of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
- Jamal Mustafa, American wrestler (better known by the ring name Mustafa Saed)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), Egyptian president
- 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
- Kemar Andre Jamal Roach (born 1988), West Indian cricketer
- Jamal Williams (born 1976), American football player
- Jamal Woolard (born 1975), American entertainer
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born 1970), American television actor, film director, and musician
- Jamal, stage name of Eddie Fatu or Umaga (wrestler) (1973–2009), Samoan wrestler
- Mahbub Jamal Zahedi (1929–2008), Pakistani journalist
- Courtney Jamal Dewar Jr. (1993-2012), American hip-hop artist
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
- Mazen Gamal (born 1986), Egyptian squash player
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook, 1954), American convict
- Sharif El-Gamal (born 1973), New York City real estate developer
- Taher Elgamal (born 1955), Egyptian cryptographer
Fictional characters
- Jamal Lyon, one of the main protagonists of the Fox show Empire
- Jamal Malik, protagonist in the film Slumdog Millionaire
- Jamal Grant, main character in the NBC show City Guys
- Jamal Al-Fayeed, main antagonist of the FX show Tyrant
- Jamal Wallace, main character for the film Finding Forrester
- Jamal, a supporting character in the video game Sonic Unleashed
See also
- Jamaal
- Jamal ad-Din (disambiguation)
- Gamal (disambiguation)
- Kamal
- Jalal (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Jamal at Dictionary.com
- ^ Jamal at BehindTheName.com
External links
The dictionary definition of جمال at Wiktionary
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