Given name · also Turkish
Qemal
“perfection, maturity”
Qemal is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Qemal goes back to Arabic كَمَال, meaning “perfection, maturity.”
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Where it comes from
Qemal comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish كمال (Kemâl), from Arabic كَمَال (“perfection, maturity”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Qemal’s family of names
Qemal was borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish form كمال.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Qemal
- Qemal StafaHero of Albania (1920-1942)
- Qemal ButkaAlbanian architect and politician (1907-1997)
- Qemal OmariTurkish association football player and manager (1902–1962)
- Qemal VogliAlbanian footballer (1929-2004)
- Qemal MinxhoziAlbanian diplomatborn 1953
- Kemal VrioniAlbanian politician1885–1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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