Boy · French (Quebec)
Réal
Say it: ray-AHL
Meaning
Uncertain. Probably from Latin regalis 'royal', but the Quebec use has no settled explanation.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 380 babies given this name since 1918
- At its height in 1936, about 1 in 86,400 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Réal Caouette, Québécois politician
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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