Jamel

Where Jamel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jamel.

Jamel through the years
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #3,681 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Jamel Debbouze born
    Moroccan Amazigh -French comedian and actor
  3. 1983
    Peak, #467
    319 babies named Jamel, its best rank.
  4. 1987
    Jamel Saihi born
    Tunisian and French association football player
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,183.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Jamel Debbouze · Moroccan Amazigh -French comedian and actor, born 1975
  • Jamel Saihi · Tunisian and French association football player, born 1987
  • Jamel Aït Ben Idir · Moroccan and French footballer, born 1984
  • Jamel McLean · American basketball player, born 1988
  • Jamel Artis · American basketball player, born 1993

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.