Vidal

Where Vidal comes from

Vidal hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #1,020 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1928
    Vidal Sassoon born
    British hairstylist
  3. 1966
    Vidal Sanabria born
    Paraguayan footballer
  4. 1972
    Peak, #621
    160 babies named Vidal — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,135.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Vidal Sassoon · British hairstylist, 1928–2012
  • Vidal Sanabria · Paraguayan footballer, born 1966
  • Vidal de Canyelles · 1190–1252
  • Vidal Marín del Campo · Grand Inquisitor, 1653–1709
  • Vidal José de Oliveira Ramos · Brazilian politician, 1866–1954

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.