Jemel
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning handsome or beautiful.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Jemel by the numbers
Jemel was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1989, 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 Jemel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Jemel, 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 Jemel
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