Jamal Forename
694th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,190,766 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Oman
Jamal Forename User-submission:
The name Jamal has Arabic origins and is widely used in Islamic cultures. It means 'beautiful' or 'one with grace'. It comes from the Arabic root ج-م-ل (j-m-l), which means 'beauty' or 'grace'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Jameel or Jemal, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.
Read More About This ForenameJamal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 100% | 138,038 | 1:249 | 55 |
| India | 99% | 127,102 | 1:9,558 | 1,262 |
| Egypt | 100% | 98,248 | 1:935 | 164 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 94,166 | 1:2,064 | 370 |
| Yemen | - | 71,416 | 1:368 | 62 |
| Sudan | 100% | 65,046 | 1:581 | 105 |
| Iran | 100% | 64,710 | 1:1,213 | 211 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 59,753 | 1:2,669 | 374 |
| Libya | - | 46,822 | 1:133 | 18 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 42,118 | 1:6,125 | 795 |
| Iraq | 100% | 36,679 | 1:955 | 235 |
| Syria | - | 34,349 | 1:562 | 96 |
| Oman | 100% | 33,884 | 1:121 | 20 |
| Jordan | 100% | 30,497 | 1:289 | 44 |
| Mozambique | - | 24,959 | 1:1,092 | 234 |
| United States | 100% | 22,116 | 1:16,393 | 1,449 |
| Palestine | 100% | 21,046 | 1:216 | 22 |
| Somalia | - | 20,065 | 1:674 | 115 |
| Afghanistan | 69% | 18,743 | 1:1,741 | 320 |
| Lebanon | 64% | 16,609 | 1:339 | 54 |
| Philippines | 99% | 13,014 | 1:8,146 | 1,171 |
| Kenya | 97% | 12,819 | 1:3,612 | 606 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 12,485 | 1:280 | 60 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 10,750 | 1:9,075 | 1,371 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10,487 | 1:5,034 | 810 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 9,381 | 1:3,246 | 342 |
| Bahrain | - | 5,505 | 1:245 | 29 |
| Uganda | 97% | 5,452 | 1:7,512 | 825 |
| Ghana | 94% | 4,158 | 1:6,490 | 736 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,967 | 1:11,729 | 833 |
| France | 100% | 3,656 | 1:18,181 | 867 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,508 | 1:2,039 | 227 |
| Israel | 99% | 2,910 | 1:2,888 | 550 |
| England | 100% | 2,908 | 1:19,121 | 1,230 |
| Uzbekistan | 78% | 2,426 | 1:12,690 | 1,451 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,202 | 1:15,047 | 1,512 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,736 | 1:6,619 | 878 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,279 | 1:138,831 | 6,913 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,174 | 1:577 | 107 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,081 | 1:15,636 | 1,644 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 979 | 1:75,411 | 4,313 |
| Sweden | 97% | 937 | 1:10,521 | 910 |
| Nepal | 90% | 870 | 1:32,744 | 2,736 |
| Germany | 100% | 793 | 1:121,914 | 2,363 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Brazil | 100% | 624 | 1:343,327 | 12,761 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 519 | 1:2,623 | 509 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Denmark | - | 417 | 1:13,548 | 989 |
| Algeria | 100% | 402 | 1:94,967 | 2,336 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 400 | 1:20,937 | 1,535 |
| Australia | - | 396 | 1:34,489 | 1,911 |
| Guyana | 100% | 352 | 1:2,168 | 417 |
| Russia | 99% | 278 | 1:518,826 | 5,607 |
| Georgia | 97% | 276 | 1:13,545 | 1,112 |
| Thailand | 100% | 244 | 1:287,155 | 16,501 |
| Norway | 100% | 231 | 1:22,218 | 1,278 |
| Armenia | 100% | 211 | 1:13,833 | 1,002 |
| Djibouti | - | 174 | 1:5,262 | 543 |
| Italy | 98% | 168 | 1:363,465 | 4,287 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 128 | 1:872 | 114 |
| Barbados | - | 125 | 1:2,318 | 493 |
| Azerbaijan | 95% | 120 | 1:80,358 | 3,994 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 112 | 1:158,454 | 3,977 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 104 | 1:290,403 | 9,310 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Singapore | 100% | 100 | 1:62,871 | 6,865 |
| South Africa | 95% | 99 | 1:550,835 | 25,554 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 96 | 1:85,557 | 2,901 |
| Austria | 100% | 91 | 1:93,563 | 2,036 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 91 | 1:45,003 | 2,434 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| New Zealand | - | 80 | 1:56,701 | 2,957 |
| Scotland | 100% | 79 | 1:67,726 | 1,873 |
| Niger | 86% | 78 | 1:245,949 | 6,446 |
| Panama | 100% | 76 | 1:51,402 | 3,385 |
| Ireland | 100% | 74 | 1:62,750 | 1,857 |
| Turkmenistan | 88% | 73 | 1:74,971 | 960 |
| Wales | 100% | 68 | 1:45,505 | 1,661 |
| Jamaica | - | 67 | 1:43,033 | 2,580 |
| Greece | 100% | 63 | 1:173,564 | 3,763 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 61 | 1:1,629 | 348 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 61 | 1:378,294 | 15,447 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| China | - | 56 | 1:24,393,853 | 60,649 |
| Benin | 100% | 53 | 1:199,544 | 9,504 |
| Senegal | 100% | 51 | 1:285,909 | 4,868 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 48 | 1:3,704 | 649 |
| Finland | 76% | 47 | 1:116,663 | 2,557 |
| Mauritius | - | 45 | 1:28,840 | 2,228 |
| Brunei | 100% | 43 | 1:9,757 | 724 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 39 | 1:1,407 | 321 |
| South Sudan | 69% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 33 | 1:107,585 | 1,960 |
| Cameroon | - | 32 | 1:675,328 | 20,004 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 94% | 32 | 1:186,665 | 9,359 |
| Grenada | 94% | 30 | 1:3,604 | 642 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 27 | 1:4,065 | 709 |
| Belize | 100% | 26 | 1:13,627 | 1,804 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Liberia | 100% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Lithuania | - | 21 | 1:140,566 | 1,726 |
| Maldives | 100% | 20 | 1:21,695 | 942 |
| Congo | 92% | 19 | 1:263,642 | 6,499 |
| Czechia | 100% | 19 | 1:560,851 | 2,621 |
| Belarus | 100% | 18 | 1:526,799 | 3,344 |
| Ecuador | - | 18 | 1:984,829 | 7,752 |
| Honduras | 100% | 18 | 1:489,859 | 7,529 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,953 | 463 |
| Mexico | 88% | 16 | 1:7,759,027 | 26,141 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Burkina Faso | 83% | 14 | 1:1,312,819 | 33,687 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 14 | 1:582,308 | 43,098 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Turkey | 100% | 13 | 1:5,984,747 | 24,872 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| Chile | 82% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Taiwan | - | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Ukraine | - | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Bulgaria | - | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Chad | - | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Romania | 100% | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Jamal (591,799) may also be a surname.
Jamal Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Jamal has Arabic origins and is widely used in Islamic cultures. It means 'beautiful' or 'one with grace'. It comes from the Arabic root ج-م-ل (j-m-l), which means 'beauty' or 'grace'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Jameel or Jemal, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.
- syedhumaid109Jamal (Arabic: جمل), also spelt as Gamal or Jamaal, is a masculine name of Arabic origin which means 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. This name is most prevalent in Morocco, India, Egypt, and Pakistan.
- laibazrJamal or Gamal is a musculine name, which means 'beauty', 'elegant'.
- abdirahman_jamalJamal Forename Popularity
Jamal Demographics
Average Male Jamal Height
176.31 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,547 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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