Jemal

Where Jemal comes from

Jemal 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. 1936
    Jemal Karchkhadze born
    author
  2. 1968
    First appearance
    #1,083 among boys, 47 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1969
    Peak, #549
    204 babies named Jemal — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,142.
  5. 1985
    Jemal Johnson born
    footballer,
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Jemal Karchkhadze · author, 1936–1998
  • Jemal Johnson · footballer,, born 1985
  • Jemal Tassew · Ethiopian footballer, born 1989
  • Jemal Le Grand · Aruban swimmer, born 1994
  • Jemal Abdu · Eritrean footballer

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.