Jameel () is an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
given name,
and a surname. The meaning of the name Jameel is beautiful. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Jameel
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Jameel Cook (born 1979), American football player
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Jameel Jalibi (1929-2019), Pakistani linguist
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Jameel Dumas (born 1981), American football player
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Jameel Humadan, Bahraini politician
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Jameel Jaffer (born 1971), Canadian lawyer and human rights activist
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Jameel Mahmood (1938-1993), Indian general
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Jameel Massouh
Jameel Badih Massouh (born September 12, 1984) is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 2005 until 2011, he fought in the WEC, Bellator, Pancrase, and King of the Cage.
Mixed martial arts career Early career
After making ...
(born 1984), American mixed martial artist
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Jameel McCline
Jameel McCline (born May 20, 1970) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged for the world heavyweight title on an unprecedented four occasions, losing all four attempts to Wladimir Klitschko, Chris Byrd, Nikolai Valuev and Samuel P ...
(born 1970), American boxer
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Jameel Sewell
Jameel Sewell (born October 19, 1987) is a former American football quarterback who currently serves as the quarterbacks coach for the Nebraska Danger of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers foot ...
, (born 1989), American football player
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Jameel Watkins
Jameel Sharif Watkins (born August 2, 1977) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wellington Saints of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas during ...
(born 1977), American basketball player
People with the surname Jameel
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Fathulla Jameel
Fathulla Jameel, (; 5 September 1942 – 1 March 2012) was a Maldivian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Maldives), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 1978 to 2005.
Jameel was the Permanent Re ...
(1942–2012), Maldivian politician
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Hassan Jameel (born 1979/80), Saudi businessman and philanthropist
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Mohamed Jameel (born 1970), Maldivian football player
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Tariq Jameel
Tariq Jamil ( Punjabi, ; ; born 1 October 1953) is a Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher and member of the Tablighi Jama'at. The recipient of the Pride of Performance award, Tariq Jamil has been named in ''The 500 Most Influential Muslims'' ...
(born 1953), Pakistani Islamic scholar
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Yusuf Jameel (born 1958), Indian journalist
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See also
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Jamil Jamil () is an Arabic language, Arabic given name. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil (name), Gamil (used mainly in Egypt), Cemil (in Turkish), Djemil or Djamel (mainly in North African countries ...
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Yamil
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Jamal
Jamaal ( ''/'') is an Arabic given name and surname meaning "beauty."[Jamaal]
at BehindTheName.com It is popular in th ...
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Arabic-language masculine given names
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Arabic-language surnames