Hal is a boy's name of English origin meaning “covered area, hall and spur of a highland.” In 2024 it was given to 33 boys in the United States.
Hal belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “covered area, hall and spur of a highland” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hal first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #305 in 1956, and in 2024 33 babies received the name — 16,746 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hal means “covered area, hall and spur of a highland” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hal is a boy name. In 2024, 33 babies received the name in the US.
Hal comes from the English & American tradition.
Hal first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #305 in 1956, and 33 babies were given the name in 2024.
Hal is pronounced /hæl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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