MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jamal mean?
Jamal comes from Arabic jamāl, beauty or grace. The noun is used for visible beauty and elegance, giving the personal name an aesthetic sense familiar in Urdu poetry.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जमाल
Conventional spelling
Arabic
جمال
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jamal in Indian usage
26,898 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,529 records (5.7%).
- Recorded as male: 25,369 records (94.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 376 |
| 1940s | 1,264 |
| 1950s | 2,939 |
| 1960s | 5,192 |
| 1970s | 6,320 |
| 1980s | 6,785 |
| 1990s | 3,917 |
| Other decades | 105 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,519 |
| Bihar | 5,551 |
| Jharkhand | 2,472 |
| Rajasthan | 1,601 |
| Maharashtra | 1,044 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 562 |
| Gujarat | 240 |
| Uttarakhand | 200 |
| Haryana | 174 |
| Punjab | 165 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 162 |
| Other states | 208 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Jamal / M | 59 | 627 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Jamal ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Jamal; Table_6, C635 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Jamal; Table_6, C635
- Wiktionary: جمال ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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