# Kamal (name)

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". But also it can be delicate.
* 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

* Kamal (director) (born 1957), commonly known name of Malayalam film (India) director Kamaluddin Mohammed
* Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev (born 1950), Azerbaijani scientist
* Kamal Adham (1929-1999), Turkish-born Saudi businessman and intelligence head
* Kamal Amin (1923-1979), Egyptian artist
* Kamâl Atatürk (1881-1938), the founder of the Turkish Republic
* Kamal Bayramov (born 1985), Azerbaijani professional footballer
* Kamal Kheir Beik (1935-1980), Syrian poet and dissident
* Kamal Elfadel, Sudanese basketball player
* Kamal Foroughi (1939-2024), British-Iranian businessman imprisoned in Iran
* Kamal Haasan (born 1954), film actor in Tamil cinema
* Kamal Habibollahi (1930-2016), the final commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy
* Kamal Hadden (born 2001), American football player
* Kamal Heer (born 1973), Indo-Canadian Punjabi singer
* Kamal Hossain (born 1937), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
* Kamal Ibrahim (born 1961), former Egyptian wrestler
* Kamal Kaya Efendi, Turkish military officer
* Kamal Jafarov (born 1989), Azerbaijani politician
* Kamal Khan (singer) (born 1989), Bollywood playback singer
* Kamal Khera (born 1989), Indian-born Canadian politician
* Kamal bin Kupli, Malaysian killer sentenced to death in Singapore
* Kamal Khan-Magomedov (born 1986), Russian judoka
* Kamal Məmmədbəyov (1924-1997), one of the first honored architects of Azerbaijan
* Kamal Hassan Mansur (1935-2002), Libyan politician
* Kamal Martin (born 1998), American football player
* Kamal Mirzəyev (born 1994), Azerbaijani professional footballer
* Kamal Nasser (1924-1973), Palestinian political leader, writer and poet
* Kamal Nath (born 1946), Indian Union Minister
* Kamal Quliyev (born 1976), retired international footballer from Azerbaijan
* Kamal Qurbanov (born 1995), Azerbaijani professional footballer
* Kamal Rifaat (1921-1977), Egyptian military officer and politician
* Kamal Ruhayyim (1947-2023), Egyptian writer
* Kamal Al Din Salah (1910-1957), Egyptian diplomat
* Kamal Sarabandi (born 1956), Iranian-American scientist from University of Michigan
* Kamal Shalorus, Iranian mixed martial arts fighter
* Kamal al-Haydari (born 1956), Iraqi Shia Cleric
* Kamal Stino (1910-1987), Egyptian politician
* Kamal al-Hadithi (1939-2018), Iraqi poet and journalist

## People with the surname Kamal

* Abdallah Kamal (1965–2014), Egyptian journalist and politician
* A. K. M. Shahjahan Kamal (1950-2023), Bangladeshi politician
* Ali Abu Kamal, teacher and criminal responsible for the 1997 Empire State Building shooting
* Doğa Rutkay Kamal (born 1978), Turkish actress and TV presenter
* Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal (born 1969), lead guitarist for Bangladeshi heavy metal bands Aurthohin and Warfaze
* İlham Namiq Kamal (born 1949), Azerbaijani actor and director
* Kadir Kamal (born 2000), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
* Kerem Kazım Kamal (born 1999), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
* Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho) (1947-1971), freedom fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh, Bir Sreshtho.
* Mustafa Kamal (politician) (born 1947), Bangladeshi politician, cricket official, and businessman
* Osama Kamal (born 1959), Egyptian engineer and politician
* Said Kamal (1938–2017), Palestinian politician
* Syed Kamal (1937-2009), Pakistani film actor, director and producer
* Yousef Hussain Kamal (born 1948), Qatari politician and businessman
* Zahira Kamal (born 1945), 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 character in the Indian KGF (film series)