Given name & surname
Lindal
“from the valley of linden trees”
Lindal is a variant of Lindell. One English interpretation is “from the valley of linden trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lindal is a variant of Lindell. One English interpretation is “from the valley of linden trees.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lindal is a variant of Lindell. An origin associated with Lindell is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lindal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 30 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 11 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 boys is 6 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 as a first name in 2020; 162 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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