Talal

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Талал in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

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 across 5 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◐

Talal is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name995 records spelled Talal2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Iraq, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Ṭalāl

• Portuguese given name864 records spelled Talal2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Syria

  Also written Ṭalāl

• Polish given name268 records spelled Talal2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Syria

  Also written Taļaļ

• Bangla given name216 records spelled Talal5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, Türkiye, Philippines, United States

  Also written Taalal, তালাল, Talaal

• Hebrew given name162 records spelled Talal6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon

  Also written טלאל, טל-אל, טלל, טאלאל, Tlal

• Bulgarian given name153 records spelled Talal8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Syria, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Талал

42 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●

Talal is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ‘Dew’ or ‘fine rain’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In bem, become cold, cool down

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

• In bem, become quiet

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

• In lua, become wet

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 46 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saudb. 1930SAmember of the House of Saud (1931-2018)
• Talal Salmanb. 1938LBLebanese journalist
• Talal Maddahb. 1940SASaudi musician (1940–2000)
• Talal Najib. 1946ILPolitician politician
• Talal Najjarb. 1953SYSyrian weightlifter
• Talal al-Harbib. 1956SASaudi Arabian actor (1956-2019)
• Talal Shahwanb. 1968PSPalestinian chemist
• Talal Afifib. 1976SDSudanese film curator and producer
• Talal Faisalb. 1985EGEgyptian psychiatrist
• Talal Hajib. 2007SASaudi Arabian footballer (born 2007)

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 · 177 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Talal?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Talal (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Talal have the most bearers?

Talal is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled talal.

How common is Talal compared with other names?

In Syria, Talal is the 239th most common given name of 109,868 given names recorded there.

Is Talal a male or female name?

Talal is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Talal mean?

Recorded meaning: being pleasant, nice, admirable, agreeable, joy, a beautiful form or appearance