Vídalín

surname · Latin script

Vídalín is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uruguay than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Derived from Víðidalur, with a Latinate suffix -ín. Used by descendants of Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned (1568–1648), who was born in Víðidalur, in north-western Iceland.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 24K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 72K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Uruguay (measured from records)

141 people

Sources
5 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Vidalin in SE Sweden.

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

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derived from Víðidalur, with a Latinate suffix -ín. Used by descendants of Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned (1568–1648), who was born in Víðidalur, in north-western Iceland.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vídalín counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Vídalín is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UY Uruguay1411 in 24K141——
HR Croatia591 in 72K59——
IS Iceland——listedVídalín5
SE Sweden———Vidalin4
FR France——4——

141 people counted by INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); the is-arnastofnun-aettarnofn register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Vídalín is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Vidalin

  • Croatian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Vidalin

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Vídalín
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IS IcelandÆttarnöfn á Íslandi — register of Icelandic hereditary family names———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Vídalín mean, and where does it come from?
Derived from Víðidalur, with a Latinate suffix -ín. Used by descendants of Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned (1568–1648), who was born in Víðidalur, in north-western Iceland. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Vídalín have the most bearers?
In Uruguay, the national register counted about 141 people named Vídalín, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Vídalín most common?
Vídalín is densest in Uruguay, where the national register counts about 1 in 24 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Vídalín?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 141 people named Vídalín, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vídalín”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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