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Jaleel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jaleel

[ syll. ja-lee(l), jal-e-el ] The boy name Jaleel is pronounced as JHahLIY-L KEY. Jaleel is used chiefly in Arabic and English. It is derived from Arabic origins. Jaleel is a spelling variant of the name Jalil (Arabic and English).

Jaleel is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1994 with 0.013% of baby boys being named Jaleel. It had a ranking of #653 then. The baby name has steeply slipped in popularity since then, and is today of irregular use. Among all boy names in its family, Jaleel was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008.

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

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


 
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