Belal
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning moisture; freshness; dew.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
Belal by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Belal. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Belal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bilalmoisture; wetness; freshness99 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bellfair and lovely; dwelling by a bell or bell-shaped hill10 in the US (2017)
- Benasson of; a form of Benjamin11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Berelbear; a form of Beryl or Ber7 in the US (2017)
- Bilaalchosen one; gifted6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bevanson of evan; young warrior6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean water
Like Belal, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Belal
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