# Jamal

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #14,781

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Arabic.

## Etymology
From Arabic جَمَال (jamāl, “beauty”).

## Easily confused with
- **Java** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-java)
- **jams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-jams)
- **Jana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-jana)
- **Jaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-jaya)
- **James** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-james)
- **Japan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-japan)
- **Jamie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-jamie)
- **Jammu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamal-vs-jammu)
- **jam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jam-vs-jamal)
- **jail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jail-vs-jamal)
- **JAMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jama-vs-jamal)
- **Jada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jada-vs-jamal)
- **Jafar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jamal)
- **jackal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jackal-vs-jamal)
- **jamaat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jamaat-vs-jamal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ajmal`, `jaaml`, `jamall`, `jamla`, `jammal`, `jjamal`, `jmaal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jamal