Jamaal

Where Jamaal comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jamaal.

Jamaal through the years
  1. 1953
    Jamaal Wilkes born
    American basketball player
  2. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1982
    Peak, #286
    715 babies named Jamaal, the most in any year.
  4. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #463.
  5. 1993
    Jamaal Lascelles born
    English association football player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Jamaal Lascelles · English association football player, born 1993
  • Jamaal Wilkes · American basketball player, born 1953
  • Jamaal Magloire · Canadian basketball player, born 1978
  • Jamaal Tinsley · American basketball player, born 1978
  • Jamaal Bowman · American politician and educator, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.