Given name & surname · also Romance
Nadal
“Occitan <i class=”·“>Nadal</i>”
Nadal is a surname from Romance, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nadal goes back to French Nadal, meaning “Occitan <i class="Latn mention" lang="oc">Nadal</i>.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Nadal comes from Romance, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Occitan Nadal, from French Nadal (“Occitan <i class="Latn mention" lang="oc">Nadal</i>”), from Catalan Nadal, from Spanish Nadal, from Venetan Nadal, from Italian Nadal (“Venetan <i class="Latn mention" lang="vec">Nadal</i>”), from Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 24 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 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 boys is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,463 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.
Nadal’s family of names
In Greek usage, Nadal as a surname is a transliteration of Ναδάλ. In English usage, Nadal as a surname has a conventional equivalent in 拿度.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nadal has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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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