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".
- In Turkish, it is the misspelling of Kamâl which means "siege, blockade, encirclement" (from the Uzbek qamal) and "castle, rampart" (from the Kazakh qamal).
People with the given name Kamal
- Kamal (director), commonly known name of Malayalam film (India) director Kamaluddin Mohammed
- Kamal Adham, Turkish-born Saudi businessman and intelligence head
- Kamal Amin, Egyptian artist
- Kamâl Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic
- Kamal Kheir Beik, Syrian poet and dissident
- Kamal Elfadel, Sudanese basketball player
- Kamal Foroughi, British-Iranian businessman imprisoned in Iran
- Kamal Haasan, film actor in Tamil cinema
- Kamal Habibollahi, the final commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy
- Kamal Heer, Indo-Canadian Punjabi singer
- Kamal Hossain, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
- Kamal Ibrahim, former Egyptian wrestler
- Kamal Kaya Efendi, Turkish military officer
- Kamal Khan (singer), Bollywood playback singer
- Kamal Khera, Indian-born Canadian politician
- Kamal bin Kupli, Malaysian killer sentenced to death in Singapore
- Kamal Mamedbekov, one of the first honored architects of Azerbaijan
- Kamal Hassan Mansur, Libyan politician
- Kamal Martin (born 1998), American football player
- Kamal Nasser, Palestinian political leader, writer and poet
- Kamal Nath, Indian Union Minister
- Kamal Rifaat, Egyptian military officer and politician
- Kamal Ruhayyim, Egyptian writer
- Kamal Al Din Salah, Egyptian diplomat
- Kamal Sarabandi, Iranian-American scientist from University of Michigan
- Kamal Shalorus, Iranian mixed martial arts fighter
- Kamal al-Haydari, Iraqi Shia Cleric
- Kamal Stino, Egyptian politician
- Kamal al-Hadithi, Iraqi poet and journalist
People with the surname Kamal
- Abdallah Kamal (1965–2014), Egyptian journalist and politician
- Ali Abu Kamal, teacher and criminal responsible for the 1997 Empire State Building shooting
- Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal, lead guitarist for Bangladeshi heavy metal bands Aurthohin and Warfaze
- Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho), freedom fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh, Bir Sreshtho.
- Mustafa Kamal (politician), Bangladeshi politician, cricket official, and businessman
- Osama Kamal (born 1959), Egyptian engineer and politician
- Said Kamal (1938–2017), Palestinian politician
- Syed Kamal, Pakistani film actor, director and producer
- Yousef Hussain Kamal, Qatari politician and businessman
- Zahira Kamal, Palestinian activist and politician
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 race of snow demons from the continent Akavir in The Elder Scrolls; also the name of their nation
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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