Val Forename

11,586^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 86,397 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

New Zealand

Val Forename Definition:

A diminutive of the next four names.

Val Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	79%	29,481	1:12,297	1,225
Canada	77%	14,614	1:2,267	462
England	97%	8,113	1:6,854	630
Philippines	99%	6,894	1:15,377	1,777
India	87%	6,480	1:187,481	19,783
Australia	-	5,560	1:2,456	429
New Zealand	-	4,523	1:1,003	235
Brazil	60%	1,672	1:128,132	6,579
Slovenia	100%	1,205	1:2,040	368
France	-	801	1:82,984	2,000
South Africa	80%	580	1:94,022	7,804
Scotland	97%	545	1:9,817	685
Russia	76%	489	1:294,956	3,854
Haiti	100%	453	1:23,680	1,884
Portugal	-	323	1:32,232	1,307
Nigeria	83%	302	1:587,961	17,525
Poland	100%	283	1:134,371	2,707
Ghana	-	281	1:96,036	4,158
Wales	96%	248	1:12,477	903
Saudi Arabia	-	233	1:132,243	12,172
Gabon	-	160	1:11,771	1,796
Ireland	100%	152	1:30,549	1,240
Netherlands	77%	119	1:142,034	6,271
Dominican Republic	-	117	1:89,156	4,839
Italy	69%	112	1:545,197	5,662
Jamaica	-	112	1:25,743	1,906
Morocco	-	109	1:315,125	6,796
Kenya	-	107	1:432,777	12,870
DR Congo	90%	103	1:716,773	23,137
Mexico	83%	103	1:1,205,286	8,980
Mauritania	96%	100	1:40,952	2,287
Egypt	67%	87	1:1,056,333	18,582
Singapore	67%	87	1:72,265	7,011
Belgium	61%	83	1:138,434	4,071
Romania	-	80	1:250,650	8,163
Kuwait	-	76	1:49,806	4,237
Congo	76%	73	1:68,619	4,843
Cambodia	81%	67	1:242,886	7,178
Chile	52%	65	1:270,880	4,310
Guernsey	-	63	1:1,005	214
Bahamas	-	59	1:6,769	1,024
Belarus	93%	59	1:160,718	1,496
Germany	62%	56	1:1,726,391	10,712
Spain	-	56	1:830,892	8,031
Ukraine	79%	53	1:858,489	2,989
Barbados	-	46	1:6,300	856
Argentina	71%	43	1:994,727	5,195
Taiwan	100%	42	1:565,945	29,765
Northern Ireland	50%	41	1:44,955	1,184
Malta	-	40	1:10,734	1,062
Madagascar	-	36	1:656,372	1,939
Latvia	-	32	1:62,989	1,537
Thailand	62%	32	1:2,189,557	58,571
China	-	31	1:44,066,316	61,924
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	28	1:48,622	4,388
Armenia	95%	27	1:108,102	2,651
Estonia	100%	23	1:57,190	3,101
Luxembourg	67%	22	1:25,639	1,366
Guam	-	21	1:7,650	1,166
Moldova	100%	20	1:178,057	1,710
Indonesia	-	19	1:13,577,035	391,716
Switzerland	80%	18	1:456,305	7,530
Bermuda	-	17	1:3,813	661
Angola	-	16	1:1,685,413	2,877
Botswana	-	16	1:136,528	10,720
Hong Kong	-	16	1:484,545	4,322
Kazakhstan	82%	16	1:1,109,178	11,387
Antigua and Barbuda	-	15	1:6,626	1,171
Grenada	100%	15	1:7,208	1,050
Jersey	-	15	1:6,665	705
Malaysia	100%	15	1:2,029,996	58,888
Kosovo	-	14	1:132,960	6,379
Bulgaria	-	12	1:582,532	8,434
Peru	63%	12	1:2,649,288	24,443
Cameroon	-	11	1:1,964,591	42,624
Croatia	-	11	1:383,371	4,897
Panama	-	11	1:355,142	11,047
United Arab Emirates	-	11	1:650,181	20,553
Qatar	100%	10	1:236,960	22,379
Sweden	100%	10	1:985,791	19,730
Cyprus	-	9	1:96,786	2,691
Gibraltar	-	9	1:3,793	625
Isle of Man	100%	9	1:9,447	227
Ivory Coast	75%	9	1:2,563,993	53,027
Iran	-	8	1:9,812,108	27,974
Papua New Guinea	100%	8	1:1,019,039	71,574
Belize	100%	7	1:50,616	3,777
Colombia	-	7	1:6,825,561	33,843
Denmark	-	7	1:807,071	10,426
Greece	-	7	1:1,562,078	10,407
Norway	-	7	1:733,190	11,461
Pakistan	-	7	1:27,765,383	122,080
Zimbabwe	-	7	1:2,203,402	59,073
American Samoa	-	6	1:9,308	1,982
Japan	-	6	1:21,331,010	46,700
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	80%	6	1:18,597	2,290
Uganda	50%	6	1:6,826,153	53,479
Finland	67%	5	1:1,096,637	9,775
Georgia	100%	5	1:747,693	11,698
Israel	-	5	1:1,680,584	18,495
Mauritius	-	5	1:259,557	4,811
Monaco	-	5	1:7,693	1,062
Saint Lucia	60%	5	1:35,563	3,018
Venezuela	100%	5	1:6,040,379	77,223
Zambia	-	5	1:3,170,959	26,788
Bahrain	-	4	1:337,168	4,986
Malawi	-	4	1:4,278,078	13,569
Myanmar	-	4	1:12,987,068	1,965
New Caledonia	-	4	1:67,541	2,087
Nicaragua	-	4	1:1,504,584	16,652
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	4	1:13,715	1,549
Samoa	-	4	1:48,798	712
South Korea	-	4	1:1,386,105	20,690
Sri Lanka	-	4	1:5,199,772	10,550
Sudan	-	4	1:9,451,744	6,661
Albania	100%	3	1:1,015,523	26,928
Falkland Islands	-	3	1:1,047	226
Guyana	-	3	1:254,421	14,062
Kyrgyzstan	100%	3	1:1,991,092	30,660
Senegal	100%	3	1:4,860,452	20,187
Turkey	100%	3	1:25,933,903	52,822
Uruguay	-	3	1:1,142,546	10,015
Vietnam	-	3	1:30,874,371	5,995
Afghanistan	-	2	1:16,311,758	48,279
Andorra	-	2	1:41,444	944
Austria	-	2	1:4,257,100	13,469
Azerbaijan	-	2	1:4,821,472	33,780
Benin	-	2	1:5,287,922	61,990
Bolivia	-	2	1:5,300,702	6,605
Burkina Faso	100%	2	1:9,189,734	69,235
Cape Verde	-	2	1:264,576	4,841
Ecuador	-	2	1:8,863,460	21,868
Hungary	59%	2	1:4,895,886	4,852
Lebanon	-	2	1:2,813,786	13,895
Namibia	-	2	1:1,202,090	12,702
Nauru	100%	2	1:5,964	459
Abkhazia	100%	1	1:243,422	3,525
Algeria	-	1	1:38,176,720	32,669
Anguilla	-	1	1:13,255	1,687
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	1:3,524,458	8,651
British Virgin Islands	-	1	1:31,250	1,787
Brunei	-	1	1:419,570	3,266
Cayman Islands	-	1	1:61,299	2,487
Costa Rica	-	1	1:4,767,948	27,206
Cuba	-	1	1:11,506,552	13,531
Czechia	84%	1	1:10,656,162	11,509
Equatorial Guinea	-	1	1:1,137,689	1,044
Fiji	-	1	1:892,378	3,968
French Polynesia	-	1	1:277,902	3,605
Guatemala	-	1	1:16,108,429	13,998
Honduras	-	1	1:8,817,467	33,018
Iraq	-	1	1:35,017,859	22,933
Liberia	-	1	1:4,412,061	36,340
Lithuania	-	1	1:2,951,882	5,377
North Macedonia	-	1	1:2,090,757	15,787
Marshall Islands	-	1	1:51,230	5,014
Montenegro	-	1	1:634,576	4,914
Montserrat	-	1	1:4,876	752
Nepal	-	1	1:28,487,352	119,417
Northern Mariana Islands	-	1	1:54,668	1,803
Palau	-	1	1:21,711	239
Paraguay	100%	1	1:7,236,805	16,549
Puerto Rico	-	1	1:3,550,301	10,040
Solomon Islands	-	1	1:580,957	8,641
Swaziland	-	1	1:1,300,177	3,374
Syria	-	1	1:19,306,075	9,560
Tajikistan	100%	1	1:8,374,922	7,831
Tanzania	-	1	1:52,788,319	85,066
Transnistria	-	1	1:475,638	2,115
Tunisia	-	1	1:676,902	12,933
Turkmenistan	-	1	1:5,472,870	3,925
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	1	1:34,707	1,398
United States Virgin Islands	-	1	1:109,747	4,493
Uzbekistan	-	1	1:30,786,440	17,476
Vanuatu	-	1	1:261,792	1,604
Yemen	-	1	1:26,296,751	14,474

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The alternate forms: Vál (1) are calculated separately.

Val (30,857) may also be a surname.

Val Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A diminutive of the next four names.

— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A male name abbreviated from Valentine.

— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

DNA test information

Val Forename Popularity

Val Demographics

Average Male Val Height

174.67^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 519 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Vál	89	1	/
Vale	86	184,083	/
Valh	86	2,630	/
Valė	86	2,441	/
Vall	86	1,024	/
Vail	86	940	/
Vaul	86	208	/
Vhal	86	185	/
Vald	86	168	/
Vayl	86	110	/
Veal	86	80	/
Vaal	86	58	/
Vasl	86	51	/
Vahl	86	37	/
Valt	86	36	/
Valë	86	17	/
Vajl	86	13	/
Hval	86	12	/
Vual	86	8	/
Valp	86	4	/
Vwal	86	2	/
Vatl	86	2	/
Valì	86	1	/
Vfal	86	1	/
Vgal	86	1	/
Vasil	75	87,746	/
Valle	75	8,124	/
Vasyl	75	6,295	/
Vasel	75	507	/
Vahal	75	241	/
Vaile	75	157	/
Vatel	75	101	/
Vacil	75	84	/
Vayle	75	74	/
Valhe	75	37	/
Vacel	75	37	/
Vatil	75	34	/
Vahul	75	28	/
Vagli	75	26	/
Vasle	75	17	/
Vaule	75	15	/
Vhall	75	12	/
Vaale	75	8	/
Veale	75	8	/
Vallì	75	6	/
Åvald	75	6	/
Vailt	75	6	/
Vayld	75	6	/
Vaail	75	5	/
Vuale	75	4	/
Vaisl	75	4	/
Vacyl	75	4	/
Vaill	75	4	/
Vasll	75	3	/
Vgail	75	3	/
Vaitl	75	3	/
Vaild	75	3	/
Valdt	75	3	/
Vaull	75	2	/
Vhale	75	2	/
D'Val	75	2	/
Vheal	75	1	/
Veaul	75	1	/
Vaall	75	1	/
Vaalt	75	1	/
Vahlt	75	1	/
Vailh	75	1	/
Vaijl	75	1	/
Vajhl	75	1	/
Valzz	75	1	/
Valzë	75	1	/
Valdė	75	1	/
Vallø	75	1	/
Vaylt	75	1	/
Vaysl	75	1	/
Vathl	75	1	/
Vuaal	75	1	/
Vualt	75	1	/
Vwald	75	1	/
Vuhal	75	1	/
Hvale	75	1	/
Vahyl	75	1	/
Veald	75	1	/
Vaytl	75	1	/
Vualh	75	1	/
Wwval	75	1	/
Bal	67	149,417	/
Wal	67	25,458	/
Fal	67	5,458	/
Vassil	67	795	/
Vol	67	343	/
Vassel	67	303	/
Vachel	67	197	/
Ual	67	197	/
Hvatel	67	71	/
Vachil	67	47	/
Vaseel	67	46	/
Vaysel	67	43	/
Vassyl	67	24	/
Håvald	67	21	/
Vasyll	67	21	/
Vaisil	67	18	/
Vaille	67	12	/
Vattel	67	11	/
Vasill	67	10	/
Vachyl	67	10	/
Vasell	67	7	/
Vaisel	67	7	/
Vaitil	67	5	/
Vaicel	67	4	/
Vaalle	67	4	/
Vaheel	67	4	/
Vascel	67	4	/
Valová	67	4	/
Vaysil	67	4	/
Vasiel	67	4	/
Vasysl	67	4	/
Uanval	67	3	/
Valova	67	3	/
Hvalle	67	2	/
Hvatil	67	2	/
Vhalle	67	2	/
Vaitel	67	2	/
D'Vall	67	2	/
Geeval	67	2	/
Vhaile	67	2	/
Vealle	67	1	/
Veasel	67	1	/
Veatel	67	1	/
Veatil	67	1	/
Vaalhe	67	1	/
Vachhl	67	1	/
Vahcel	67	1	/
Vaheil	67	1	/
Vaihle	67	1	/
Vailth	67	1	/
Vaisle	67	1	/
Vaisyl	67	1	/
Valdët	67	1	/
Valhhe	67	1	/
Vasilt	67	1	/
Vaslle	67	1	/
Vaylle	67	1	/
Vaytel	67	1	/
Vatell	67	1	/
Vuatel	67	1	/
Hvasel	67	1	/
Vveeal	67	1	/
Vaselë	67	1	/

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Val Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Val in the Russian language
Вал	val	-

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Footnotes

First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Val