How to write “Jamal” in Korean

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What Korean friends call you

• 자말아 ja-ma-ra — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 자말 씨 ja-mal-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

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Korean spellings of Jamal

• 자말 7 (64%)
• 저말 4 (36%)

Korean labels of 11 people named Jamal on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Well-known people named Jamal, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Jamal Khashoggi — 자말 카슈크지
• Jamal Musiala — 자말 무시알라
• Jamal Blackman — 자말 블랙맨
• Jamal Sellami — 자말 셀라미

33,399 babies were named Jamal in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 1088th most common name.

Block by block

• 자 = ㅈ + ㅏ · 4 strokes
  • ㅈ 지읒 (j) · 2 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 자: Elizabeth 엘리자베스 · Jasmine 자스민 · Isabelle 이자벨

• 말 = ㅁ + ㅏ + ㄹ · 8 strokes
  • ㅁ 미음 (m) · 3 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 말: Malachi 말라카이 · Malik 말리크 · Marley 말리

자말 takes 12 strokes in all.

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