Given name & surname
Leal
“a faithful man”
Leal is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 24 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 as a first name in 2020; 35,970 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leal’s family of names
Leal has a related form in Leala. Leal has a related form in Lele. Leal has a related form in Liel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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