Bristal

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bristal by the numbers

Bristal was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bristal

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bristal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bristolassembly place at the bridge657 in the US (2017)
  • Brystal40 in the US (2017)
  • Bristyl11 in the US (2017)
  • Brisabreeze157 in the US (2017)
  • Brystolbridge on the Avon; modern spelling of Bristol84 in the US (2017)
  • Brittanoble; a form of Brigid or Britta48 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bristal

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