Given name
Vishal
“a large man; one with broad shoulders”
Vishal is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a large man; one with broad shoulders.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a large man; one with broad shoulders.”
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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vishal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,734
- 1,734 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,773 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,773 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 72 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,523 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.
Vishal’s family of names
Vishal has a related form in Vishall. Vishal has a related form in Vyshal. Vishal has a related form in Vyshall.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Vishal
- Vishal BhardwajIndian film director, screenwriter and composerborn 1965
- Vishal DadlaniIndian singer, songwriter and music composerborn 1973
- Vishal MangalwadiIndian Philosopher, Writerborn 1949
- Vishal PandyaHindi film director
- Vishal KarwalIndian actorborn 1984
- Vishal MalhotraIndian Actor and Presenterborn 1981
- Vishal PunjabiGhanaian-Indian film directorborn 1980
- Vishal GondalIndian businessmanborn 1976
- Vishal SikkaChief Technology officerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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