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by nine_k 1316 days ago
While Atatürk is likely the most well-known person named Kemal to date, it's a pretty common name, and it means something like "mature" or "complete" [1], which is sort of a good goal to reach, or a quality to advertise, for a framework.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemal_(name)
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jnothing 1316 days ago
latest tweet from the official twitter account has a quote from Atatürk.
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m000 1316 days ago
Check closely the wikipedia list: The name became truly popular only after 1923, when Atatürk established the Republic of Turkey, and it's mostly popular among Turkish people.

So, even though Atatürk was not the first person to be named Kemal, he practically "owns" the name today.

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zaid_brilliant 1316 days ago
Kemal is an Arabic word. And its a loan word in Persian. And from the influence of Persian & Arabic its used heavily in Turkic and Indo-Aryan languages (Turkish, Urdu/Hindi).

It was mainstream even before Ataturk in India/Iran (Fars territory). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Kemal

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