Jamal

Jamal (Arabic: جمال‎‎ Jamāl/Ǧamāl ) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning beauty.^[2] The use of this name is widespread across the Muslim world.

In Egypt the name is pronounced [ɡæˈmæːl] and so is normally spelled Gamal . Tunisians may spell it Jamel. In Turkish, the name is transliterated as Cemal, Albanian as Xhemal and in Bosnian as Džemal.

Notable people with this given name

• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), Egyptian president
• Djamel Abdoun
• Jamal Abro (2 May 1924 – 30 June 2004) Pakistani Sindhi Writer
• Djamal Amrani
• Jamal Anderson (born 1972), American football player
• Džemal Bijedić (1917–1977), Bosnian Communist politician
• Jamal Dajani (born 1957), Palestinian-American journalist, producer, and writer
• Jamal Crawford (born 1980), American basketball player
• Jamaal Charles (born 1986), American football player
• Jamal Fyfield (born 1989), English footballer
• Jamal Hamdan (born 1958), Lebanese actor and voice actor
• Jamal Idris (born 1990), Australian professional Rugby League player
• Jamal Khwaja (born 1926), Indian philosopher
• Jamal Lewis (born 1979), American football player
• Djamal Mahamat
• Jamal Mashburn (born 1972), American basketball player
• Jamal Mayers (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Djamal Mohamed
• Jamal Mohamed (born 1984), Kenyan footballer
• Gamal Mubarak (born 1963), son of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
• Jamal Mustafa, American wrestler (better known by the ring name Mustafa Saed)
• Jamal Nebez (born 1933), Kurdish linguist and mathematician.
• Jamal Phillips (born 1979), American rapper and member of Illegal and Def Squad
• Jamal Woolard (born 1975), American entertainer
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born 1970), American television actor, film director, and musician
• Jamal, stage name of Eddie Fatu or Umaga (wrestler) (1973–2009), Samoan wrestler
• Mahbub Jamal Zahedi (1929–2008), Pakistani journalist

Notable people with this surname

• Ahmad Jamal (born 1930), American jazz pianist and composer
• Amir H. Jamal, former Tanzanian Minister of Finance
• Ammar Jemal (born 1987), Tunisian footballer
• Maher Jamal, Syrian politician
• Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook, 1954), American convict
• Sharif El-Gamal (born 1973), New York City real estate developer
• Taher Elgamal (born 1955), Egyptian cryptographer

Fictional characters

• Jamal Lyon, one of the main protagonists of the Fox show Empire
• Jamal Malik, protagonist in the film Slumdog Millionaire
• Jamal Grant, main character in the NBC show City Guys
• Jamal Al-Fayeed, main antagonist of the FX show Tyrant
• Jamal Wallace, main character for the film Finding Forrester

Music

• Jamal (band), Polish hip hop, ragamaffin, reggae and dancehall band

See also

• Jamal (disambiguation)
• Jamal ad-Din (disambiguation)
• Gamal (disambiguation)

References