Given name
Koal
“the keeper of the keys”
Koal is a variant of Kole. One English interpretation is “the keeper of the keys.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Koal is a variant of Kole. One English interpretation is “the keeper of the keys.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Koal is a variant of Kole. An origin associated with Kole is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Koal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 250
- 250 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,416 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,416 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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