Aĺ
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Aĺ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Netherlands it is the 42nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Hindi आल (āl).
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 883(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.4K
- LYLibya≈1 in 2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Aĺ itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 540 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 883 (inferred from the name graph)
≈150,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Saudi Arabia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Al in US United States, EG Egypt, SA Saudi Arabia and 3 more and L. in NL Netherlands, ID Indonesia, PH Philippines.
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)
From Hindi आल (āl).
Sources 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)
- YorùbáName Dictionary
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aĺ 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 9K | — | Al | 33 |
| ID Indonesia | #662 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | listed | L. | 196 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 883 | listed | Al | 197 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Al | 119 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | L. | 123 |
| US United States | #647 | 19,745 | 1 in 17K | 19K | Al | 540 |
| MD Moldova | — | 11,376as Ala | 1 in 296 | 11K | — | 14 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 7,568as Bára | 1 in 1.4K | 7.6K | — | 2 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #478 | ≈7,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Al | 190 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Al | 48 |
| NL Netherlands | #42 | 36as Aale | 1 in 480K | 222 | L. | 86 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); e-services.md — living population register; MVČR — living population register 2017. 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aĺ mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hindi आल (āl). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Aĺ have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 155 thousand people named Aĺ in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled al.
- How common is the name Aĺ?
- In the United States, the national register counted 19,745 people named Aĺ in 2020, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Aĺ compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Aĺ is the 42nd most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
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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, “Aĺ” — the 42nd most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.