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Jamal
Say it: jah-MAHL
Meaning
From Arabic jamāl 'beauty'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Among the Arabic names taken up by African American families in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 32,462 babies given this name since 1946
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 1,600 boys
- 242 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jamaal, Jamahl
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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