Given name · also Turkish
Celal
Celal is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Original TurkishCelâl
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Celal comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish جلال (celâl), from Arabic جَلَال; its root is Arabic ج ل ل.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Celal’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Celal has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jalal. In Turkish usage, Celal has a related form in Celâl.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Celal
- Celal AtikTurkish wrestler (1917–1979)
- Celal Esat ArsevenTurkish artist and writer (1876–1971)
- Celal AlTurkish actor (born 1984)
- Celal DoğanTurkish attorney and statesperson (born 1943)
- Celal İbrahimFootballer (1884-1917)
- Celal SandalTurkish boxer (1942–2006)
- Celal ŞahinTurkish actor (1925–2018)
- Celal AdanTurkish statesperson (born 1951)
- Celal Nuri İleriTurkish journalist and statesperson (1881–1938)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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