Amaral

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Amaral is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname54K records spelled Amaral5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, United States

  Also written Ämârąl, Ämaral, Àmaral, Âmârâl

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Amaral is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, a toponymic surname

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• plantador de amaros

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 22 years between 1981–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Miguel António do Amaralb. 1710PTPortuguese court painter (1710-1780)
• Paulo Amaralb. 1923BRBrazilian association football player (1923-2008)
• Diogo de Freitas do Amaralb. 1941PTPortuguese politician (1941-2019)
• João Bosco Mota Amaralb. 1943PTPortuguese politician
• João Justino Amaral dos Santosb. 1954BRBrazilian association football player (1954–2024)
• Tata Amaralb. 1961BRBrazilian film director
• Dante Amaralb. 1980BRBrazilian volleyball player
• Tabata Amaralb. 1993BRBrazilian political scientist, astrophysicist, activist, politician and Federal Representative and former First Lady of Recife, Brazil
• Rodrigo Amaralb. 1997UYUruguayan association football player
• Pedro Amaralb. 1997PTPortuguese footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 170 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amaral?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Amaral (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Amaral have the most bearers?

Amaral is most frequently recorded in Brazil, where it is most often spelled amaral.

How common is Amaral compared with other names?

In Brazil, Amaral is the 60th most common surname of 444,951 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Amaral mean?

Recorded meaning: numerous minor places so called.