Jamal
Jamaal or Jamal is an Arabic given name and surname meaning "beauty." It is popular in the Arab and Muslim worlds and among African Americans. Though is usage is typically as a masculine name, it has been used as a given name for women.
Notable people with the given name Jamal (and other spelling variants)
Jamal
- Jamal, stage name of Umaga (wrestler), Samoan-American professional wrestler
- Jamal A. Khan, Pakistani retired air force officer
- Jamal A. Qaiser, Pakistani-German author, businessman, and political advisor
- Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed, Sudanese-born Israeli runner
- Jamal Abdi Dirieh, Djiboutian long-distance runner
- Jamal Abdillah, Malaysian pop singer and actor
- Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban, Iraqi Sunni cleric
- Jamal Abu-Abed, Jordanian professional football coach and former player
- Jamal Abu Hamdan, Jordanian writer
- Jamal Abu Samhadana, Palestinian politician
- Jamal Abu-Shamala, Palestinian-American former professional basketball player
- Jamal Adams, American NFL player
- Jamal ad-Din, several people
- Jamal Aghmani, Moroccan politician
- Jamal Agnew, American NFL player
- Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi, Yemeni al-Qaeda member
- Jamal Ahmed, Pakistani politician
- Jamal Ahmed Al-Doseri, Bahraini former cyclist
- Jamal Ahsan Khan Isakhel, Pakistani politician
- Jamal Akachar, Dutch-Moroccan retired footballer
- Jamal Akal, Canadian criminal
- Jamal Al-Abdullah, Qatari sprinter
- Jamal al-Adil, Iraqi politician
- Jamal al-Atassi, Syrian Arab nationalist, politician, and author
- Jamal al Barzinji, Iraqi-American businessman, entrepreneur, and educational reformer
- Jamal al-Din Muhammad, Burid atabeg of Damascus
- Jamal Aldin Omar, Sudanese general
- Jamal Al-Gashey, Palestinian militant
- Jamal al-Haidari, Iraqi politician
- Jamal Al Hajj, Lebanese football manager and former player
- Jamal al-Husayni, Palestinian Arab politician
- Jamal Ali, Iraqi footballer
- Jamal Alioui, French professional football coach and former player
- Jamal Aliyev, Azerbaijani cellist
- Jamal al-Jamal, Palestinian diplomat
- Jamal Al-Karboli, Iraqi activist and politician
- Jamal Al-Muhaisen, Palestinian politician
- Jamal Al-Qabendi, Kuwaiti footballer
- Jamal Al-Saffar, Saudi Arabian sprinter
- Jamal Al Shaer, Egyptian activist and author
- Jamal al-Sharabi, Yemeni photojournalist
- Jamal Al Sharif, Syrian retired football referee
- Jamal Al Shobaki, Palestinian politician and diplomat
- Jamal Amer, Yemeni journalist
- Jamal Amofa, Dutch professional footballer
- Jamal Anderson, American former NFL player
- Jamal Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
- Jamal Arago, Ghanaian-born Liberian professional footballer
- Jamal Baban, Iraqi lawyer and politician
- Jamal Badawi, Egyptian-Canadian Islamic author, preacher, and speaker
- Jamal Bajandouh, Saudi Arabian professional footballer
- Jamal Bakhshpour, Iranian contemporary painter
- Jamal Baptiste, English professional footballer
- Jamal Benomar, Moroccan-born British former diplomat
- Jamal Ben Saddik, Belgian-Moroccan professional kickboxer
- Jamal Bhuyan, Danish professional footballer
- Jamal bin Huwaireb, Emirati historian, governmental cultural advisor, and writer
- Jamal Blackman, English professional footballer
- Jamal Boykin, American former professional basketball player
- Jamal Branch, American professional basketball player
- Jamal Britt, American track and field athlete
- Jamal Brooks, American former NFL player
- Jamal Cain, American NBA player
- Jamal Campbell, Canadian CFL player
- Jamal Campbell-Ryce, English former professional footballer
- Jamal Carter, American UFL player
- Jamal Chandler, Barbadian international footballer
- Jamal Charles, several people
- Jamal Chavoshifar, Iranian swimmer
- Jamal Crawford, American former NBA player
- Jamal Cyrus, American conceptual artist
- Jamal Dajani, Palestinian-American journalist, producer, and writer
- Jamal Dar, Pakistani politician and general
- Jamal Davis II, American NFL player
- Jamal Deen Haruna, Ghanaian professional footballer
- Jamal Dibi, Dutch former professional footballer
- Jamal Duff, American actor and former NFL player
- Jamal Easter, Welsh former footballer
- Jamal Eddine Dkhissi, Moroccan actor
- Jamal Edwards, English music entrepreneur and DJ
- Jamal Ehsani, Pakistani poet
- Jamal El-Haj (politician), Swedish politician and trade unionist
- Jamal Elshayyal, Scottish journalist, correspondent, consultant, and producer
- Jamal Fakhro, Bahraini legislator and business advisor
- Jamal Fakir, Moroccan rugby league footballer
- Jamal Farhan, Saudi Arabian retired footballer
- Jamal Faulkner, American former BBL player
- Jamal Fincher Jones, birth name of Polow da Don, American record producer and rapper
- Jamal Fogarty, Australian NRL player
- Jamal Ford-Robinson, English professional rugby union player
- Jamal Fountaine, American former NFL player
- Jamal Fyfield, English professional footballer
- Jamal Gay, Trinidadian former professional footballer
- Jamal Gonzaga, Dutch professional footballer
- Jamal Greene, American legal scholar, author, and law professor
- Jamal Hairane, Moroccan-born Qatari athlete
- Jamal Hamdan (actor), Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Jamal Harkass, Moroccan professional footballer
- Jamal Harrison Bryant, American minister, author, and former political candidate
- Jamal Haruna, Ghanaian professional footballer
- Jamal Haynes, American ACC player
- Jamal Hill, American Paralympic swimmer
- Jamal Hill (American football), American NFL player
- Jamal Hinton, American who became famous from an accidental Thanksgiving invitation
- Jamal Hussein Ali, Iraqi novelist, journalist, and professor
- Jamal ibn Abd Allah Shaykh Umar, Islamic scholar and teacher
- Jamal Ibrahim Ashtiwi al Misrati, Libyan al-Qaeda member
- Jamal Idris, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
- Jamal Igle, American comic book artist, editor, art director, marketing executive, and animation storyboard artist
- Jamal Ismayilov, Azerbaijani armed forces officer
- Jamal Itani, Lebanese politician, businessman, and civil servant
- Jamal J. Ahmad Nasir, Jordanian lawyer and writer
- Jamal J. Elias, Pakistani-born American scholar and professor of religious studies
- Jamal Jack, Trinidadian footballer
- Jamal Jafarov, Azerbaijani professional footballer
- Jamal James, American professional boxer
- Jamal Jones, American former NFL player
- Jamal Jones (basketball), American professional basketball player
- Jamal Joratli, Syrian painter
- Jamal Joseph, American writer, director, producer, poet, activist, and educator
- Jamal Jouhar, Qatari footballer
- Jamal Jumá, Iraqi poet and writer
- Jamal Kakakhel, Pakistani regional politician, social worker, and chief of his village tribe
- Jamal Kanlıbaeva, Kazakh- and Soviet scientist, engineer, and professor
- Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician
- Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Pakistani judge
- Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist, dissident, columnist, and author who was assassinated
- Jamal Khwaja, Indian philosopher
- Jamal Kiyemba, Ugandan-born British former Guantanamo Bay detainee
- Jamal Kochangadi, Indian writer, script writer, lyricist, and music journalist
- Jamal Leghari, Pakistani politician
- Jamal Lewis, several people
- Jamal Lowe, Jamaican professional footballer
- Jamal Maarouf, Syrian rebel leader
- Jamal Maaytah, Jordian-German retired professional basketball player
- Jamal Mahjoub, English-Sudanese writer
- Jamal Mahmoud, Jordanian football manager
- Jamal Malik, Pakistani-born German professor of Islamic studies
- Jamal Malyar, Pakistani politician and human rights activist; one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Jamal Manakkadan, Indian politician
- Jamal Marshall, American former NFL player
- Jamal Mashburn, American entrepreneur and former NBA player
- Jamal Mashburn Jr., American AAC player
- Jamal Mayers, Canadian former NHL player
- Jamal Michael Barrow, birth name of Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
- Jamal Miles, American CFL- and IFL player
- Jamal Millner, American guitarist
- Jamal Mirsadeghi, Iranian writer
- Jamal Mitchell, American victim of the 2024 Minneapolis shooting
- Jamal Mixon, American actor
- Jamal Mohamed (disambiguation), several people
- Jamal Morrow, American CFL player
- Jamal Moss, Bahamian sprinter
- Jamal Moughrabi, Syrian former wrestler
- Jamal Mubarak, Kuwaiti former footballer
- Jamal Muhammad (disambiguation), several people
- Jamal Murray, Canadian NBA player
- Jamal Musiala, German professional footballer
- Jamal Mustafa, American professional wrestler
- Jamal Mustafa Abdullah, Iraqi former prisoner of war
- Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi, Omani footballer
- Jamal Naji, Palestinian-born Jordanian author
- Jamal Nasir, Malaysian former footballer
- Jamal Nassar, Palestinian-born American academic and educator
- Jamal Nasser, Afghan soldier
- Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi mathematical physicist, cosmologist, and professor
- Jamal Nebez, Kurdish linguist, mathematician, politician, author, translator, and writer
- Jamal Nur Qadin, Egyptian Sunni Muslim slave concubine
- Jamal of Hunza, Pakistani monarch
- Jamal Olasewere, Nigerian American professional basketball player
- Jamal Omid, Iranian author, screenwriter, and film critic
- Jamal Osman, several people
- Jamal Othman, Swiss former competitive figure skater
- Jamal Ouariachi, Dutch writer
- Jamal Parker, American CFL player
- Jamal Pasha Zogolli, alternate name of Xhemal Pasha Zogu, Albanian Muslim governor
- Jamal Perry, American NFL player
- Jamal Peters, American CFL player
- Jamal Petgrave, English international judoka
- Jamal Phillips, American rapper and record producer; past member of hip hop duo Illegal (group), and current member of rap supergroup Def Squad
- Jamal Nur Qadin, Egyptian consort
- Jamal Rahimov, Azerbaijani equestrian showjumper
- Jamal Raisani, Pakistani politician
- Jamal Rashid, Bahraini footballer
- Jamal Rayyan, Palestinian news television anchorman
- Jamal Reiners, South African-born Australian professional footballer
- Jamal Reynolds, American former NFL player
- Jamal Rhoden-Stevens, British sprinter
- Jamal Richards, English cricketer
- Jamal Rifi, Lebanese-born Australian Sunni Muslim general practitioner
- Jamal Roberts, American singer
- Jamal Roberts (American football), American football player
- Jamal Robertson, American- and Canadian former NFL- and CFL player
- Jamal Robinson, American retired NBA player
- Jamal Robinson (American football), American CFL player
- Jamal Rocker, real name of Mac Mall, American rapper
- Jamal Sadat, Ethiopian footballer
- Jamal Sadatian, Iranian film producer
- Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, Pakistani hijacker of the Pan Am Flight 73
- Jamal Said, Pakistani Taliban leader
- Jamal Salih, Iraqi former national footballer and coach, and current sports director
- Jamal Salim, Ugandan footballer
- Jamal Sampson, American former NBA- and CBA player
- Jamal Seeto, Papua New Guinean footballer
- Jamal Sellami, Moroccan professional football manager and former player
- Jamal Shah, Pakistani actor, director, musician, writer, sculptor, painter, and social activist
- Jamal Shah Kakar, Pakistani politician
- Jamal Shead, American NBA player
- Jamal Shibasaki, Australian NRL player
- Jamal Shipman, American college administrator; contestant on Survivor (American TV series)
- Jamal Shuler, American GBL player
- Jamal Simmons, American political advisor
- Jamal Sims, American choreographer, executive producer, and director
- Jamal Smith, Barbadian cricketer
- Jamal Sowell, American business executive
- Jamal Strong, American former MLB player
- Jamal Suliman, Syrian television-, film-, and stage producer, director, and actor
- Jamal Sutton, American former MLS- and USL player
- Jamal Taha, Egyptian-born Lebanese football manager and former player
- Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian-born Italian fashion designer
- Jamal Thiaré, Senegalese professional footballer
- Jamal Tirawi, Palestinian lawmaker
- Jamal Trulove, American actor
- Jamal-ud-Din Faqir, Pakistani mystic singer
- Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut, African Siddi slave-turned-nobleman
- Jamal Uddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician and accountant
- Jamal Uddin Ahmed, several people
- Jamal Uddin Siddiqui, Pakistani politician
- Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, English Muslim who reportedly implemented a suicide bombing in Iraq
- Jamal ul-Alam Badr ul-Munir, Indonesian Sultan of Aceh
- Jamal ul-Azam, Sultan of Sulu
- Jamal Valizadeh, Iranian wrestler
- Jamal Vira, Vanuatu cricketer
- Jamal Walton, Caymanian sprinter and American football player
- Jamal Watson, American writer and columnist
- Jamal Whitehead, American lawyer and district judge
- Jamal Williams, American former NFL player
- Jamal Willingham, real name of Pimpin', American past member of hip hop group Dem Franchize Boyz
- Jamal Willis, American Mormon leader and former NFL player
- Jamal Wilson, Bahamian high jumper
- Jamal Woods, American CFL- and NFL player
- Jamal Woolard, American actor, rapper, and comedian
- Jamal Yagoobi, Iranian-American mechanical engineer and professor
- Jamal Yassine, Lebanese-Egyptian composer, music producer, and singer
- Jamal Young, American college football player
- Jamal Yusupov, Russian-born Turkish kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter
- Jamal Zahalka, Arab-Israeli politician
- Jamal Zarugh, Libyan volleyball player
- Jamal Zougam, Moroccan suspect of the 2004 Madrid train bombings
Jamall
- Jamall Broussard, American former NFL player
- Jamall Bufford, real name of Buff1, American rapper and songwriter
- Jamall Emmers, American mixed martial artist
- Jamall Johnson, American actor and former CFL player
- Jamall Lee, Canadian former CFL player
- Jamall Walker, American basketball coach
Jammal
- Jammal Brown, American former NFL player
- Jammal Lord, American former AFC player
- Jammal Shahin, English former footballer
Notable people with the surname Jamal (and other spelling variants)
Surname
- Ahmad Jamal, American jazz pianist and composer
- Ahmed Jamal (disambiguation), several people
- Amir H. Jamal, Tanzanian Minister of Finance
- Ammar Jemal, Tunisian footballer
- Jules Jammal, Syrian military officer
- Khan Jamal, American musician
- Maher Jamal, Syrian politician
- Noel Jammal, Lebanese race car driver
- Razane Jammal, Lebanese actress
- Sophie Jamal, Canadian scientific fraudster
- Lamine Yamal, Spanish footballer
Fictional characters
- Jamal, in the 2008 platform video game Sonic Unleashed
- Jamal Al-Fayeed, in the US political drama TV series Tyrant, played by Ashraf Barhom
- Jamal Cudahy, in the US TV soap opera All My Children, played by Jimmy Wiggins, Amir Williams, and Marcus Patrick
- Jamal Grant, in the US TV sitcom City Guys, played by Wesley Jonathan
- Jamal Jenkins, in the US children's mystery TV series Ghostwriter, played by Sheldon Turnipseed
- Jamal Lyon, in the US musical drama Empire, played by Jussie Smollett
- Jamal Malik, in the 2008 UK drama film Slumdog Millionaire, played by Dev Patel
- Jamal Wallace, in the 2000 US drama film Finding Forrester, played by Rob Brown
- Jamaal, in the Herb and Jamaal comic strip