Jamal ( ar, جمال ''/'') is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "beauty",Jamal
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, the

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, the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

, and predominantly Muslim countries in

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. It is also used amongst African Americans and some

Turkic peoples The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West Asia, West, Central Asia, Central, East Asia, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. "Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose memb ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

. In Egypt, the name is pronounced and as such is normally transliterated Gamal. Tunisians and Somalis may spell it Jamel or Jamal. Algerians spell it Djamel.

Somalis The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mo ...

mainly spell this name as Jamaal. In Turkish, the name is transliterated as

Cemal Cemal is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Jamal ( Arabic: جَمَال jamāl) which means "beauty, charm". People named Cemal include: First name * Cemal Erçman (1896–?), Turkish weightlifter * Cemal Nalga (born 1987) ...

, in Albanian as Xhemal (though not to be confused with

Shamil Shamil (Arabic: شَامِل ''shāmil'') is a lesser common masculine Arabic name. The name is usually from the adjective which have several correlated meanings from the Arabic "complete, comprehensive, universal" but could also mean "embodying, pr ...

), and in Serbian,

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

, and Bosnian as Džemal or Ćemo.

Notable people with the given name Jamal (and other spelling variants)

* Jamal Abro (1924–2004), Pakistani Sindhi Writer * Jamal Adams (born 1995), American football player *

Jamal Agnew Jamal Agnew (born April 3, 1995) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Diego. On September 26, 2021, he tied the NFL rec ...

(born 1995), American football player * Jamal Anderson (born 1972), American football player * Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician *

Jammal Brown Jammal Filbert Brown (born March 30, 1981) is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and received unanimous All- ...

(born 1981), American football offensive tackle * 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 Edwards (1990–2022), British entrepreneur * Jamal El-Haj (born 1960), Swedish politician * Jamal Fyfield (born 1989), English footballer *

Jamal Greene Jamal K. Greene is an American legal scholar whose scholarship focuses on constitutional law. He is the Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Greene is one of four co-chairs of Facebook's Oversight Board, a body that adjudicates Face ...

(fl. 1990s–2020s), American legal scholar and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School * 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 Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; ar, جمال أحمد خاشقجي, Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī, ; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for ''Middle East Eye'' and ''The Washington Post'', and a ge ...

, a US-Saudi man murdered in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey * Jamal Khwaja (1926–2020), Indian philosopher *

Jamal Lewis Jamal Lewis (born August 26, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. He played college football at Tennessee and was ...

(born 1979), American football player * Jamal Lewis (footballer) (born 1998), Northern Irish footballer * Jammal Lord (born 1981), American football player *

Jamal Malyar Jamal Malyar Maseed ( ps, جمال مالیار ماسید; ur, جمال مالیار محسود) is a Pakistani politician and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). Malyar belongs to the Mahsud tribe of South Waziristan, Pak ...

, Pakistani politician, leader of the

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; ps, پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ ''Paṣtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang''; ur, , lit=Pashtun Protection Movement) is a social movement for Pashtun human rights based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochist ...

Jamal Mashburn Jamal Mashburn Sr. (born November 29, 1972) is an American entrepreneur and former professional basketball player. Nicknamed the "Monster Mash", Mashburn was a prolific scorer as a small forward in his 12 seasons in the National Basketball Assoc ...

(born 1972), American basketball player * Jamal Mayers (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player * Jamal Mohamed (born 1984), Kenyan footballer *

Jamal Murray Jamal Murray (born February 23, 1997) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Canadian national team. He played one season of college basketball for ...

(born 1997), Canadian basketball player *

Jamal Musiala Jamal Musiala (born 26 February 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Nicknamed " Bambi", Musiala is known for his world-class dribbling ...

(born 2003), footballer *

Jamal Mustafa Jamal Mustafa (born Terrance Ladd Blalock) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Mustafa Saed. He is best known for his appearances with Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Prof ...

, American wrestler (better known by the ring name Mustafa Saed) *

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(1933–2018), Kurdish

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Lingui ...

and

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

* Jamal Phillips (born 1979), American rapper, member of ''Illegal'' and ''Def Squad'' *

Jamal Robinson Jamal Tyrone Robinson (born December 27, 1973) is an American retired basketball small forward who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Miami Heat during the 2000–01 season. Born in Queens, New York ...

(born 1973), American basketball player *

Jamal Robinson (American football) Jamal Robinson (born January 13, 1993) is a former American football wide receiver. He previously played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette. Early years Robinso ...

(born 1993), American football player * Jammal Shahin (born 1988), English footballer *

Jamal Williams Jamal Williams (born April 28, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1998 S ...

(born 1976), American football player * Jamal Woolard (born 1975), American entertainer *

Jamal Zougam Jamal Zougam ( 5 October 1973) is one of six men implicated in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. He was detained on 13 March 2004, accused of multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, stealing a vehicle, belonging to a terrorist organisation an ...

(born 1973), 2004 Madrid train bombings suspect *

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...

(1918–1970), Egyptian revolutionary, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 * Jamal, stage name of Eddie Fatu or

Umaga (wrestler) Edward Smith Fatu (March 28, 1973 – December 4, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Umaga. Prior to Umaga, Fatu was also notable for his time with Al ...

(1973–2009), Samoan wrestler

Notable people with the surname Jamal (and other spelling variants)

Surname

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Biography Early life Jamal was born Fr ...

(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 Career Jemal was born in M'saken, Tunisia. On 11 June 2009, Jemal was linked with a move to French club FC Nantes on a four-year contract. This move would have reunited him with his former coach Gernot Rohr, but the transfer was later cancel ...

(born 1987), Tunisian footballer * Jules Jammal (born 1932-1956), Syrian military officer * Khan Jamal (1946-2022), American musician *

Maher Jamal Maher Jamal is a Syrian engineer and politician who served as oil minister of Syria between 1996 and 2001. Career Jamal is an oil engineer by profession. He served as chairman of al Furat Petroleum Cooperation from January to July 1996. He was ...

, Syrian politician *

Noel Jammal Noel Jammal Fernández, better known as Noel Jammal (in Arabic نويل جمّال, born 3 March 1990 in Madrid) is a Lebanese-Spanish Formula 3 driver who is in Cedars Motorsport group founded by his father Youssef Jammal and he regularly repr ...

(born 1990), Lebanese race car driver * Razane Jammal (born 1987), Lebanese actress

Fictional characters

Jamal Lyon Jamal Joseph Lyon is a fictional character from the American musical drama, ''Empire'' on Fox. Portrayed by Jussie Smollett, Jamal is the middle son of hip-hop mogul Lucious (Terrence Howard) and his wife Cookie ( Taraji P. Henson). Jamal, a tal ...

, one of the main protagonists of the Fox show ''Empire'' * Jamal Malik, protagonist in the film ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Pat ...

'' * Jamal Jenkins, main character in the PBS show ''Ghostwriter'' (TV series) * Jamal Grant, main character in the NBC show ''

City Guys ''City Guys'' is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on NBC from September 6, 1997, to December 15, 2001. The series aired as part of the network's Saturday morning block, TNBC. Plot ''City Guys'' was mainly centered on it ...

'' * Jamal Al-Fayeed, main antagonist of the FX show ''Tyrant'' (TV series) * Jamal Wallace, main character of the film ''

Finding Forrester ''Finding Forrester'' is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. In the film, a black teenager, Jamal Wallace ( Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriend ...

'' * Jamal, a supporting character in the video game ''

Sonic Unleashed ''Sonic Unleashed'' is a 2008 platform video game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. The story follows Sonic as he attempts to restore the world after his nemesis Doctor Eggman shatters it with a powerful laser to unleash Dark Gaia, an anci ...

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