Yamal

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Yamal by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Yamal.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 1971, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Yamal

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 Yamal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yamanright hand, blessed, auspicious51 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yamilbeautiful, handsome34 in the US (2017)
  • Yanal5 in the US (2017)
  • Yaminright hand; auspicious20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yuvalstream of water; brook16 in the US (2017)
  • Yamaanblessed; prosperous5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Yamal

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