Real

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Re-Al in PH Philippines, Réál in CL Chile and Réal in CA Canada.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages 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◐

Real is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name73K records spelled Real48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Switzerland, Spain

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Réal, Re-Al, Re'Al, R’Eal, Rëãl

• French given name30K records spelled Real27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Canada, Senegal, Spain

  Also written Réal, Reąļ, Rèal, Rèàl, Réål

• a separate given name4.6K records spelled Real3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Canada

  Also written Réal, Rèal

• Arabic given name2.2K records spelled Real4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Egypt

  Also written Réal, Réàl, Re'Al

• French given name1.3K records spelled Real71 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Spanish, Thai

  Also written Aurore, เรียว, Ryo, Rean, Aurôre

67 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●

Real is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In kr, to be verified, realized, to be true, real; e.g. mdna

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

• In Galician, royal

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

• In Polish, real (former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies)

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

• In Swedish, objective, real, pertaining to real and physical objects

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

• In English, True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

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

• In German, real (that has physical existence)

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

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 118 years between 1904–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marie Magdeleine Real del Sarteb. 1853FRFrench painter
• Maria Teresa Vernet i Realb. 1907ESSpanish poet and translator (1907-1974)
• Jack Realb. 1915USAmerican aviation pioneer (1915-2005)
• Manuel Realb. 1924USUnited States federal judge
• Armando Tito Larreab. 1943ECnot in their usual nameEcuadorian association football player
• Baltasar Garzónb. 1955ESnot in their usual nameSpanish former judge
• Juan Cruz Realb. 1976ARArgentine soccer coach
• Matthew Realb. 1999USAmerican soccer player
• Real Woodsb. 1999USAmerican wrestler (born 1999)
• Real Siellezactor

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 · 350 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Real?

We estimate roughly 33 thousand people bear Real (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Real have the most bearers?

We estimate about 12 thousand people bear Real in Spain, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled real.

What does the name Real mean?

Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs.