Given name & surname · also Arabic

Handal

“colocynth”

Handal is a surname from Arabic (ultimately Norwegian).

Meaning & origin

What it means

Handal goes back to Arabic حَنْضَل, meaning “colocynth.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Handal comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Norwegian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic حَنْضَل (“colocynth”), from Norwegian Handal.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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