Kamal (name)

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Kamal is a male given name used in several languages.

  • In Sanskrit, it is usually spelled Kamal for males and Kamala for females, meaning "lotus" or "pale red".
  • Kamal or Kamaal (Arabic: كمال‌ kamāl) or Turkish Kemal. The Arabic name which is also a noun means "perfection, superiority, distinction" and "completion, conclusion, accomplishment". The name bears the notion of "completeness of a thing without any deficiency" and "perfection of morals and ethics (adjective: اِكْتِمال iktimāl)". Also the name may be used as an abbreviation of Kamal ad-Din.
  • In Persian, it means "beauty, perfection, excellence, completion, utmost level".
  • Azerbaijanis use it as a male name in the meaning of "competent, mature".
  • In Turkish, it is the misspelling of Kamâl which means "siege, blockade, encirclement" (from the Uzbek qamal) and "castle, rampart" (from the Kazakh qamal).
  • In Turkish transliteration of Arabic and Persian name كمال, it is sometimes used instead of Kemal. According to Nişanyan Dictionary, most of the parents who named their children Kamal in Hatay Province of Turkey adopted the Arabic spelling of Kemal.

People with the given name Kamal

People with the surname Kamal

Fictional characters

  • Kamal in Marvel comics
  • Alex Kamal, a spaceship pilot and one of the main characters in the novel series The Expanse and in the eponymous TV series based on it.
  • Kamal, a character in the Indian KGF (film series)

See also

  • Kamala (name), related female given name and surname
  • Kamahl (born 1934), Australian singer
  • The dictionary definition of Kamâl at Wiktionary
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