Jalal is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “majesty.” In 2024 it was given to 18 boys in the United States.
Jalal at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“majesty”
About the name Jalal
Jalal belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “majesty” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jalal first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2882 in 1985, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 735 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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