Jameel

Where Jameel comes from

Jameel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #4,136 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Jameel McCline born
    American boxer
  3. 1978
    Peak, #760
    123 babies named Jameel — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,511.
  5. 1994
    Jameel Warney born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jameel McCline · American boxer, born 1970
  • Jameel Warney · American basketball player, born 1994
  • Jameel Jalibi · Pakistani academic, critic, researcher, vice chancellor, linguist, 1929–2019
  • Jameel Watkins · American basketball player, born 1977
  • Jameel McKay · American basketball player, born 1992

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.