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What does Natal mean?

Natal Pronunciation of Natal as a boys' name is of Spanish origin, and the meaning of Natal is "birthday". Refers to the birthday of Jesus, or Christmas. Also a place name for a province in South Africa, which was named Natal because explorer Vasco da Gama first spotted the shore on Christmas Day in 1497. Also form of Noel.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Na-, -al

Variations

VARIANTS Natale, Natalino, Natalio, Nataly

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Netal, ..

(female) Nala, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Natal Jahlil (N.J.), ..

How popular is Natal?

Natal is a rare first name for males but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#12590 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Noel (#405 IN RECENT RANKINGS) and Natale are the popular varying forms of Natal (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) ranked in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Natal was widespread in 2014 and has remained as conventional to this day. Noel has been the overall favorite. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Natale, Noel in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Noel outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Antal, Cathal, Danal, Gamal, Hamal, Jalal, Jamal, Kamal, Laval, Magal, Nabil, Naftali, Nagel, Naman, Nat, Nata, Natan, Nate, Nathan, Natty, Neal, Nial, Njal, Rafal and Vital. These names tend to be more commonly used than Natal.


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