Given name & surname
Vatsal
“one who is affectionate”
Vatsal is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is affectionate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is affectionate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vatsal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 380 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.
Vatsal’s family of names
In Hindi usage, Vatsal is a Roman-alphabet rendering of वत्सल. In Greek usage, Vatsal as a surname is a transliteration of Βατσάλ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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