Tal

Where Tal comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew טַל (tal, “dew”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Tal
  • Hebrew
Tal through the years
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,518 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Peak, #813
    87 babies named Tal, the most in any year.
  3. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,456.
  4. 1982
    Tal Ben Haim born
    Israeli association football player
  5. 1989
    Tal born
    French singer and songwriter
  6. 1991
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Tal Ben Haim · Israeli association football player, born 1982
  • Tal · French singer and songwriter, born 1989
  • Tal Wilkenfeld · Australian musician, born 1986
  • Tal Farlow · American jazz guitarist, 1921–1998
  • Tal Banin · Israeli footballer, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.