Given name & surname

Seal

“resembling the animal”

Seal is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling the animal.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “resembling the animal.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

Seal’s family of names

Seal has a related form in Seale. Seal has a related form in Seel. Seal has a related form in Seele.

Walk Seal’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Seal, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Chinese

Seafood

seafood is a given name from English, ultimately from Cantonese. It is used in Chinese.

No U.S. birth series

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English

Sill

“a bright as a beam of light”

No U.S. birth series

56% boys · 44% girls

English

Ceener

Ceener is a surname from English.

No U.S. birth series

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English

Sêvê

Sêvê is a given name from English.

No U.S. birth series

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Taishanese

Soho

Soho is a surname from English, ultimately from Taishanese. It is used in Tagalog.

No U.S. birth series

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English · Literary

Šekspīrs

Šekspīrs is a surname from English. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

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English · Nature

Shepley

“from the meadow of sheep”

No U.S. birth series

77% boys · 23% girls

English · Nature

Sidney

“from the wide meadow”

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49% boys · 51% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Seal’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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