Around the globe, جلال (جلال 
, Jalal 
, Celal 
, among others...) is a widespread masculine forename. The first name جلال is characteristic of Turkey, where it is a common male name, Morocco, and Tunisia, where it is quite a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Turkey, India, and Egypt. Likewise, جلال is the last name as well as the forename.
جلال is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| جلال | Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq |
| Jalal | Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, India, Pakistan |
| Celal | Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, India, Iraq |
| Galal | Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, India, Iraq |
| Jalel | Saudi Arabia, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Iraq |
| Cəlal | Azerbaijan |
| جلال الدولة Amir of Iraq, IQ (b. 990) |
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| جلال الدين الحسن الثالث Nizari Imam of Alamut (b. 1187) |
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| جلال الدین جہانیاں جہاں گشت Sufi saint, PK (b. 1308) |
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جلال الدين المحلي EG (b. 1389) |
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جلال عبده Iranian politician, IR (b. 1906) |
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جلال پژمان Iranian politician, IR (b. 1922) |
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جلال آل احمد writer, thinker, and social and political critic (1923-1969), IR (b. 1923) |
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جلال فاروق الشريف Syrian journalist, SY (b. 1925) |
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جلال ستاری Iranian writer, IR (b. 1931) |
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جلال خوري Lebanese playwright, LB (b. 1934) |
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جلال زكي Egyptian orthopedic surgeon, EG (b. 1936) |
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جلال خالقی مطلق writer from Iran, IR (b. 1937) |
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جلال ذوالفنون Persian musician (1937-2012), IR (b. 1937) |
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جلال کشمیری Olympic athlete, IR (b. 1939) |
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جلال دباغ Iraqi politician, IQ (b. 1939) |
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