Jalal (given name)

Jalal (Arabic: جلال) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate.

When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, Jalal has also become a name for some Arabic-speaking Christians, non-Arab Muslims, and non-Arabs and has been added to other language dictionaries with the majestic meaning.

Another form is Galal, where the first letter "ج" is pronounced like hard g /g/ in English. Galal might have other meanings in different languages.

This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

Examples

The word Jalal could be found in many history, art, religious, and poetry books. For example:

1. Jalal is used as a characteristic when addressing royals like kings and lords in history, myth, and formal occasion.
2. Jalál the second month and the Saturday as a first day of the week in the Bahá’í calendar.

Given name

• Jalal Agha (1945–1995), Indian actor and director
• Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician (1933-2017)
• Jalal Dabagh, Iraqi politician
• Jalal Allakhverdiyev, Azerbaijani mathematician

Family name

• Farida Jalal, Persian actor

Related pages

• Jalil (disambiguation)