Given name & surname
Jammal
“a handsome man”
Jammal is a variant of Jamal. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jammal is a variant of Jamal. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jammal is a variant of Jamal. An origin associated with Jamal is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jammal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 295
- 295 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020; 336 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jammal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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