Amel (name)

Amel is a femenine given name. It is most likely the maghrebine variant of the Arabic name Amal (أمال) which means "hope", the

Amel

Amel Karboul, famous Tunisian politician
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈʔaː.mi.l]
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Hope if it's امل , and Hopes in the plural form امال in Arabic
Region of origin	Maghreb especially Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco
Other names
See also	Amal Amira Amina

variant is quite popular in countries like: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. It was the 10th most popular in Algeria during the 1990's The name could have an acute on the e forming the variant: Amèl/Amél, these variants are because of the French influence on Maghreb countries. The Turkish variant of the name is Emel

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Amel Ait Ahmed (born 1989), Algerian handball player
• Amel Bent (born 1985), French singer
• Amel Bouchoucha (born 1982), Algerian actress, singer and TV presenter
• Amel Bouderra (born 1989), French basketball player
• Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Algerian soprano opera singer and concert recitalist
• Amel Bureković, Bosnian figure skater
• Amel Charrouf (born 1990), Algerian volleyball player
• Amel Džuzdanović (born 1994), Slovenian footballer
• Amel Karboul (born 1973), Tunisian politician and business leader
• Amel Khamtache (born 1981), Algerian volleyball player
• Amel Larrieux (born 1973), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
• Amel Majri (born 1993), French-Tunisian footballer
• Amel Mekić (born 1981), Bosnian judoka
• Amel Mujčinović (born 1973), Bosnian football goalkeeper
• Amel Senan (born 1966), Iraqi-Turkmen actress
• Amel Tuka (born 1991), Bosnian middle-distance runner

Surname

• Arash Amel (born 1976), screenwriter and film producer from Wales
• Mahdi Amel (1936–1987), Arab Marxist intellectual and political activist

See also

• Amal (given name)