Given name & surname
Tal
“covered with the morning's dew”
Tal is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “covered with the morning's dew.”
Original Hebrewטל
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “covered with the morning's dew.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,813
- 1,265 boys · 548 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 94 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,623 for boys · #17,009 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,623 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 87 in 1963. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,408 as a first name in 2020; 704 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.
Tal’s family of names
Tal has a related form in Tahl. In German usage, Tal as a surname has a related form in Dahl. In German usage, Tal as a surname has a related form in THAL.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tal
- Tal Ben HaimIsraeli association football player (born 1982)
- TalFrench singer and songwriterborn 1989
- Tal WilkenfeldAustralian musicianborn 1986
- Tal BaninIsraeli footballerborn 1971
- Tal FarlowAmerican jazz guitarist (1921–1998)
- Tal BrodyAmerican-Israeli basketball playerborn 1943
- Tal Ben HaimIsraeli association football player (born 1989)
- Tal SondakIsraeli singerborn 1976
- Tal BursteinIsraeli basketball player (born 1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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