Harpal

given name · Latin script

Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/hɑɹpəl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Harpal is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 118K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 504K
  • BHBahrain≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

660 people, 2020

Record sources
149 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Bahrain, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Harpal 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 Harpal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—6601 in 504K464Harpal145
ID Indonesia—≈620 est.≈1 in 431K—Harpal11
GB United Kingdom—≈560 est.≈1 in 118K—Harpal90
MY Malaysia—≈430 est.≈1 in 76K—Harpal14
CA Canada—≈380 est.≈1 in 100K—Harpal72
AE United Arab Emirates—≈350 est.≈1 in 29K—Harpal21
BH Bahrain#834≈90 est.≈1 in 17K—Harpal2
KW Kuwait—≈80 est.≈1 in 37K—Harpal7
QA Qatar—≈77 est.≈1 in 32K—Harpal5

660 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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. 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).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
Informalनमस्ते Harpal जी,Hi Harpal, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

23 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Harpal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020464#16,909
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020196#16,909
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19915—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

How do you pronounce Harpal?
A machine transcription gives /hɑɹpəl/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Harpal a male or female name?
Harpal is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.
In which country does Harpal have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 660 people named Harpal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled harpal.
How common is the name Harpal?
In the United States, the national register counted 660 people named Harpal in 2020, about 1 in 504 thousand residents.
How common is Harpal compared with other names?
In Bahrain, Harpal is the 834th most common given name of 6,583 given names recorded there.

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

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, “Harpal” — the 834th most common given name in Bahrain. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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