Jamal means beauty. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic (Quranic word)
جَمَال
Jamal
Beauty
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Meaning
Jamal (جَمَال) is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran. It means beauty. Jamal ad-Din, "beauty of the religion", is a longer form.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Jamal comes from the root ج م ل, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
The word jamal, beauty, is in 16:6, for the beauty people see in their grazing animals.
وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ
Wa lakum feehaa jamaalun heena tureehoona wa heena tasrahoon
And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].
Quran 16:6. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it ja-MAAL. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Jamaal and Gamal. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: ج jim + م mim + ا alif + ل lam.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Jamal bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Jamal (جَمَال) means beauty. It is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran.
The word jamal, beauty, is in 16:6, for the beauty people see in their grazing animals.
Jamal is used as a boy's name.
Jamal is written جَمَال in Arabic, said ja-MAAL.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, جَمَال. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.