Celal
Fewer than 50 men in Poland carry Celal, and most Poles will never meet one. It comes from a Latin root for majesty and glory, and reaches Poland through Turkish use.
Celal Pronunciation
Celal is pronounced TSE-lahl (/ˈt͡sɛlal/).
What Celal means
Where Celal comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Celal names majesty and glory. Its origin is given as Latin, where that sense gathers in `maiestas`, meaning grandeur, and `gloria`, meaning renown. The name lives among Turkish speakers.
Turkey has known a Celal near the summit of the state. Celâl Bayar served as the country's third president, from 1950 to 1960, and died in 1986 at the age of 103. He was a politician rather than a soldier, unusual for his generation of Turkish leaders. Earlier, the poet known as Mevlânâ Celâleddin Rumi carried the same first element in his name.
The given forms list no diminutive and no variant. So Celal stands on its own. On a Polish class register it reads plainly, five letters, easy to say aloud. What the register cannot show is the meaning behind it: majesty, glory.
How many people are named Celal
1 in 464048 men in Poland is named Celal. 46 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5599 among male names.
Celal as a middle name
Celal is a first name for 46 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, an 81/19 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2905th, between Caner (11) and Chimezie (11).
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#2903 Bảo11
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#2904 Caner11
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#2905 Celal11
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#2906 Chimezie11
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#2907 Chinonso11