Meaning of name Jamel

The name Jamel has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Jamel is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 846 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Jamel rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 33 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 967 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Jamel in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Jamel is very likely a(n) Arabic variant of the name Jamal. See other suggested Arabic baby names.

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The following names are baby names related to Jamel and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jamel: Boys - Dalil, Jamil, Nen, Shakil, Shaquille, Girls - Almira, Yesenia, Both genders - Ali, Nakia, Numa, Nuri

The name Jamel is a variant of Jamal. Other popular variants of the name Jamal are: Jahmal (Arabic), Jamaal (Arabic), Jamael, Jamahl, Jamall, Jamar (English), Jamaul, Jamel, Jamell, Jamiel, Jamil, Jamile, Jamill, Jammal, Jemaal, Jemahl, Jemal, Jemall, Jimahl, Jimal, Jomahl, Jomal, Jomall

We think the name Jamel should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Jamel to be: A chap with a heart of gold

In one word, you might describe Jamel as a(n) "kind-hearted" person.

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