Jaleel is an English spelling of the Arabic Jalil and means "great" or "exalted"; Al-Jalil, the Majestic, is one of the 99 names of God in Islam. The actor Jaleel White, who played Steve Urkel on Family Matters, made the name familiar to American audiences in the 1990s. In the United States Jaleel peaked at number 946 in 2004, its only years inside the top 1000, and ranks number 1983 in 2025.