Given name
Tamal
“of the dark tree”
Tamal is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “of the dark tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “of the dark tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 6 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 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tamal’s family of names
Tamal has a related form in Tamall. Tamal has a related form in Tamalle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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