Meaning & origin
What it means
Koval goes back to Ukrainian кова́ль, meaning “blacksmith.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Koval’s family of names
In English usage, Koval as a surname has a related form in KOWAL. In English usage, Koval as a surname has a related form in KOWAL. In Slovak usage, Koval as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the German form Schmidt.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Koval has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ukrainian roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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