Vishal
Where Vishal comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit विशाल (viśāla).
- Sanskrit
Along the way
- 1970First appearance#4,724 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1986Peak, #1,26958 babies named Vishal — more than any year before or since.
- 2009The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,102.
In the dictionary
- A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes
We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Vishal hasn't yet.
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.