Jamal
given name · Latin script
Meaning: beauty, grace (see surat al-Nahl 16:6)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒəˈmɑɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jamal is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country. In Guyana it is the 26th most common given name.
- MAMorocco≈1 in 408(inferred from the name graph)
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 898
- GYGuyana1 in 959
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 464 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 408 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Morocco, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
beauty, grace (see surat al-Nahl 16:6). Prophet Yusuf is deemed to be the embodiment of jamal (beauty). In the Qur’anic story, Zulaykha (wife of Aziz) invites her women friends to a party. When they see Prophet Yusuf, his beauty captivates them and they cut their hands with their serving knives (see surat Yusuf 12:31). See Malak (f.); Yusuf (m.); Zulaykha (f.)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jamal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #104 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 898 | listed | Jamal | 91 |
| MA Morocco | #42 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 408 | — | Jamal | 116 |
| PK Pakistan | #304 | ≈63,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | listed | Jamal | 113 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | listed | Jamal | 135 |
| US United States | #834 | 29,768 | 1 in 11K | 29K | Jamal | 464 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #53 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Jamal | 136 |
| KW Kuwait | #80 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Jamal | 89 |
| GY Guyana | #26 | 782 | 1 in 959 | 782 | Jamal | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jamal is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from a personal name based on Arabic Jamal ‘beauty’, ‘grace’. This name is also found in compounds such as Jamal ud-Dln ‘Beauty of Religion’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Arabic, Beauty
as a nameThe book of African names
In Swedish, Jamal är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’skönhet’. Det har samma rot som → Jamil och → Jamila.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In Arabic, beauty, grace
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In French, De l’arabe Jamāl, « beauté, élégance ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jamal al-Din al-Afghanib. 1838AFPolitical activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)
- Gamal Abdel Nasserb. 1918EGnot in their usual namePresident of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
- Abu Mahdi al-Muhandisb. 1954IQnot in their usual nameIraqi politician and Army commander (1954-2020)
- Jamal Khashoggib. 1958SASaudi journalist (1958–2018)
- Tracy Morganb. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and comedian
- Jamal Woolardb. 1975USAmerican actor and musician
- Shyneb. 1978BZnot in their usual nameBelizean rapper and politician
- Jamal Crawfordb. 1980USAmerican basketball player (born 1980)
- Jamal Murrayb. 1997CACanadian basketball player (born 1997)
- Jamal Musialab. 2003DEGerman footballer (born 2003)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 116 sources across 59 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 29K | #1,256 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 782 | #95 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 271 | #1,256 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 169 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jamal mean?
- Recorded meaning: beauty, grace (see surat al-Nahl 16:6).
- Where does the name Jamal come from?
- beauty, grace (see surat al-Nahl 16:6). Prophet Yusuf is deemed to be the embodiment of jamal (beauty). In the Qur’anic story, Zulaykha (wife of Aziz) invites her women friends to a party. Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- Is Jamal a male or female name?
- Jamal is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jamal have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 181 thousand people named Jamal in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jamal.
- How do you pronounce Jamal?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒəˈmɑɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Jamal?
- In the etymology graph, Cemal, Jamaal and Djamel are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Jamal?
- In the United States, the national register counted 29,768 people named Jamal in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Jamal compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Jamal is the 104th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jamalThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jamal” — the 104th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.