Jamaal
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning handsome; beautiful.
Jamaal by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jamaal. In the US, 69 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 715 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jamaal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jamaal
Names that are said the same way as Jamaal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jamelbeautiful; a form of Jamal104 in the US (2017)
- Jamilbeautiful, handsome, graceful94 in the US (2017)
- Jameelbeautiful or handsome10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jamillbeautiful or handsome; a form of Jamal8 in the US (2017)
- Jamillebeautiful, graceful; french form6 in the US (2017)
- Jamell26 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Jamaal, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jamaal
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