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Jalal - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jalal

[ syll. ja-lal, jal-al ] The boy name Jalal is pronounced JHahLahL KEY. Jalal is of Arabic origin. It is used mainly in Arabic and Urdu. The name Jalal means 'greatness'. A form of the name is the Arabic spelling variant Galal.

Jalal is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Jalal include the Arabic and English Jaleel, the Arabic and English Jalil, the Polish Jalu, the English Jaylee, the English Jewel, the English Jewell, the German Jockel, the English and German Joel, the French Joël, the English Julie, the English July, the Dutch Juul, the name Jal, the English Jowell, the English Jule, the Spanish Julio, the Italian Gioele, the Italian Giulio, the name Jael, and the Russian Jesekijel.

A famous person named Jalal is Poet, Jalal Al-Din Rumi, born 30 September 1207 - 17 December 1273.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jalal: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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