Given name & surname
Jalal
“a superior man”
Jalal is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a superior man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a superior man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jalal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 755
- 755 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,927 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,927 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,720 as a first name in 2020; 927 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jalal’s family of names
Jalal has a related form in Jalil. Jalal has a related form in Galal. In French usage, Jalal has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form CELAL.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jalal has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jalal
- RumiIranian poet1207–1273
- Jalal TalabaniIraqi politician (1933-2017)
- Jalal al-Din MangburniRuler of the Khwarazmian Empire1199–1231
- Jalal-ud-Din Khalji12th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate and 1st from the Khalji dynasty1220–1296
- Jalal HosseiniIranian association football playerborn 1982
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmadwriter, thinker, and social and political critic (1923-1969)
- Jalal HassanIraqi footballerborn 1991
- Jalal al-Din Khan ibn TokhtamyshKhan of the Golden Horde1380–1413
- Jalal JayedMoroccan association football refereeborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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