Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Kemal

keh-MAHL · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Perfection
Language
Arabic
Culture
Turkish/Arab
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
virtue · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#10382
2024 births7
Peak year2023
First appeared1965
Total US births368
2023 peak19651980199520092024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Kem
Alternate spellings
KamalKemall
In other languages
Kemal (Turkish)Kamal (Arabic)Kemâl (Ottoman)

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Notable people named Kemal

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