Jamel
Where Jamel comes from
Jamel 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
- 1950First appearance#3,681 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1975Jamel Debbouze bornMoroccan Amazigh -French comedian and actor
- 1983Peak, #467319 babies named Jamel — more than any year before or since.
- 1987Jamel Saihi bornTunisian and French association football player
- 2011The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,183.
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
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.