Yanal
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Yanal by the numbers
Yanal was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Yanal
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 Yanal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yamal4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yamanright hand, blessed, auspicious51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yamilbeautiful, handsome34 in the US (2017)
- Yanisgod is gracious; a form of John31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yanuelgod is with us; a form of Emmanuel28 in the US (2017)
- YanniGod is gracious; a form of John27 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Yanal
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