Jamal
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic جَمَال (jamāl, “beauty”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jamal (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jamal has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 11 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 22 | 383 |
| 2000 | 21 | 406 |
| 2001 | 22 | 426 |
| 2002 | 22 | 441 |
| 2003 | 23 | 452 |
| 2004 | 21 | 464 |
| 2005 | 21 | 470 |
| 2006 | 22 | 515 |
| 2007 | 22 | 563 |
| 2008 | 22 | 590 |
| 2009 | 23 | 642 |
| 2010 | 24 | 685 |
| 2011 | 22 | 708 |
| 2012 | 21 | 743 |
| 2013 | 21 | 797 |
| 2014 | 19 | 875 |
| 2015 | 22 | 957 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,066 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,135 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,186 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,224 |
| 2020 | 28 | 1,233 |
Jamal in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jamal.Hi! My name is Jamal.
- Har du träffat Jamal? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jamal? He started working here on Monday.
- Jamal har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jamal has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jamals mamma är lärare.Jamal's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jamals mamma is Jamal's mum.
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Questions about Jamal
How do you pronounce Jamal in Swedish?
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What does the name Jamal mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic جَمَال (jamāl, “beauty”).
How popular is Jamal in Sweden?
13 babies were named Jamal in 2022. In 2020, 1,261 people in Sweden had Jamal as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.