Jemel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-MEL
- Origin
- Arabic
Jemel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jemel mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Jamal
“beauty”
A variant of Jamal, an Arabic name meaning beauty.
Is Jemel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jemel is a boys' name.
How popular is Jemel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Jemel in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jemel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Jemel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob Justin Jason Jesse Jordan Jared Joshua Omar Jamel Adam Jamal Ali
Names related to Jemel
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Yahya Zayn Aisha Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jemel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jemel, updated 20 October 2026.