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English
Proper noun
Gaal (plural Gaals)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaal is the 27331st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 884 individuals. Gaal is most common among White (85.86%) individuals.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as gala in 1174. Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from a compound hydronym formed from either Proto-Germanic *galan (“sing, rage”) or gal (“bile, yellow”) and aa (“water, river”) or from Proto-Germanic *alha- (“homestead, farmstead”) prefixed with the collectivising prefix ga-. Compare Galder, Maasniel and Middegaal.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gaal n
- A hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Proper noun
Gaal n (proper noun, genitive Gaals or (optionally with an article) Gaal)
- A municipality of Styria, Austria