Teal
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 24 babies a year in the US.
Teal by the numbers
Teal was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 66 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Teal
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 Teal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Taldew12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Teal
Names that are said the same way as Teal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Tellto narrate or recount; one who tells6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Teal
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