Vishal

A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning vast, immense, or magnificent.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Vishal by the numbers

Vishal was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 72 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Vishan6 in the US (2017)
  • Vidalof life; relating to living46 in the US (2017)
  • Vishnuthe pervader; Hindu deity of preservation7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vishwauniverse or world3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vibhavprosperity, glory, magnificence7 in the US (2017)
  • Vihan7 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Vishal

Names that are said the same way as Vishal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • FishelGod increases; Yiddish diminutive of Philip14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Vishal

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