Name
HALL

Name HALL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 84 births of Hall in the countries below, which represents an average of 1 birth of children bearing the first name Hall per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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En Français Prénom Hall   
In Italiano Nome Hall   


Information about the first name Hall

The first name Hall has been assigned to:
97.62% to boys
2.38% to girls
The country where the first name Hall is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Hall in Japanese *

Romajiharu
Katakanaハル
Hiraganaはる
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Hall in Japanese
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Origin and meaning of name Hall

US English
Etymology src :
  • From hall
  • (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles.
  • (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English halle, from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house; palace, temple; law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”).
  • Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Doublet of cell.
Noun src :
  • Hall (plural Halls)
  • (UK, rail transport) Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /hɑl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl
  • Homophone: haul
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Greek: χολ (chol), χωλ (chol), χωλλ (choll)
  • → Japanese: ホール (hōru)
  • → Korean: 홀 (hol)
  • → Russian: холл (xoll)
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hall is the 45th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 407,076 individuals. Hall is most common among White (72.7%) and Black/African American (21.6%) individuals.
FR French
Etymology src :
Noun src :
  • hall m (plural halls)
  • hall
  • lobby
Pronunciation src :
  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ol/
General
Etymology src :
  • From Middle High German hal. Cognate with Middle Low German hal (“loud; echoing; clear”), Old High German hellan (“to sound; resound”), Old English hiellan (“to make a noise; sound; blast”).
Noun src :
  • hall n (plural halluri)
  • Obsolete form of hol.
ES Spanish
Noun src :
  • hall m (plural halls)
  • hall, lobby, lounge
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈxol/ [ˈxol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
HU Hungarian
Etymology src :
  • From the conflation of Proto-Uralic *kontale- (compare Old Hungarian hadl (“hear”), Mansi хӯнтли (hūntli), Finnish kuunnella) and Proto-Uralic *kule- (compare Mansi хӯлуӈкве (hūluňkwe) and Finnish kuulla).
Etymology src :
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • hall
  • (intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds through the ear)
  • (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
  • Hallottam egy hangot a szobából. ― I heard a sound from the room.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • hall (plural hallok)
  • middle-sized, windowless room, entryway, hallway (in a private flat/apartment, with a size not smaller than 8 m² [86 sq ft], with space for people, but without affording them privacy due to its being an entry to other rooms)Synonym: előtér
  • Coordinate terms: szoba, helyiség, félszoba, alkóv, gardrób, előszoba, hálószoba, nappali
  • lobby, foyer, lounge (e.g. in a hotel or an opera house)
  • Synonyms: társalgó, előcsarnok
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlː]
  • Rhymes: -ɒlː
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • Unadapted borrowing from English hall.
Noun src :
  • hall m (plural halls)
  • (architecture) lobby; entrance hall (room in a building used for entry from the outside)
  • Synonyms: átrio, entrada
Noun (Derived terms) src :
Icelandic
Proper noun src :
  • Hall
  • accusative of Hallur
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse hǫll, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-. Compare English hall. Related to Latin cella and English cellar.
Noun src :
  • hall c
  • a hallway
  • a lounge
  • a corridor
  • an entryway
  • short for any of the words:
  • simhall
  • ishall
  • sporthall
  • verkstadshall
  • mässhall
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /hal/
Noun (Usage notes) src :
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • First attested as hallo in the 11th century. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps a compound of Proto-Germanic *halha- (“bend, highland spur”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). An alternative etymology interprets the name as a compound of Old Dutch hal (“large, spacious home”) and lo. Compare Hallum and Hellum.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɦɑl/
  • Hyphenation: Hall
  • Rhymes: -ɑl
  • Homophones: hal, Hal
Proper noun src :
  • Hall n
  • A village in Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Hallenaar
  • Halls
  • van Hall
DK Danish
Etymology src :
Noun src :
  • hall c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller)
  • hall (a corridor or a hallway)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [hɒːl]
DE German
Noun src :
  • Hall m (strong, genitive Halles or Halls, plural Halle)
  • echo, resonance, reverberation
  • 1968 Hans Schimank (translator), Otto von Guerickes neue (sogenannte) Magdeburger Versuche über den leeren Raum. Reprinted 1996 and 2013, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, p. 102:
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /hal/
  • Rhymes: -al
Verb src :
  • hall
  • singular imperative of hallen
  • (colloquial) first-person singular present of hallen
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Donnerhall
  • hallen
  • Nachhall
  • Widerhall
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • The simplex chiefly refers to an echo that is clipped or overlays with the original sound, as is often found in big rooms or caves. An echo that repeats the full sound after the original sound has ceased, as can be produced in mountains, will usually be specified as Widerhall, or more commonly Echo.
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural hallar, definite plural hallane)hall f (definite singular halla, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene)
  • a hall (a building or very large room)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • hall n (definite singular hallet, indefinite plural hall, definite plural halla)
  • a slope, sloping terrain
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /hɑlː/
NO Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology src :
Noun src :
  • hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene)
  • a hall (a building or very large room)
Noun (Derived terms) src :
 

Popularity of the name Hall

Number of HALL births per year

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Total births of Hall by country

Births with the first name Hall
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
79
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
2
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
1
0
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Personalities with the first name Hall

There are 12 personalities with the first name Hall

Bob Weir (Robert Hall Parber) src

United states of america
Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Musician Guitarist

Hall Caine (Thomas Henry Hall Caine) src

United kingdom of great britain and ireland United kingdom
Novelist Writer Journalist

Frank Hall Crane src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Film director Film actor

Hall Bartlett src

United states of america
Screenwriter Film director Film producer Film actor

Dixon Hall Lewis src

United states of america
Lawyer Politician

Hall Johnson src

United states of america
Actor Composer Choir director

Gene Sedric (Eugene Hall Sedric) src

United states of america
Composer Clarinetist Saxophonist Jazz musician

Hall S. Lusk src

United states of america
Judge Lawyer Politician Prosecutor

Charles Hall Grandgent src

United states of america
University teacher Romanist Philologist

Frank Hall Knowlton src

United states of america
Botanist Paleobotanist


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Hall
Full list of personalities with the first name Hall

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Hall

There are 15 actors and actresses with the first name Hall
Hall Johnson
Hall Cline
Hall Johnson Choir
Hall Brock
Hall Michael
Hall Lasiter
Hall Hunsinger
Hall Norman And Ladd
Hall Leonard
Hall Train
Hall & Oates
Hall Austin
Hall Michaels
Hall Mendes
Hall Parker

Rankings of first name HALL by country

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Other boys' names around Hall
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Other girls' names around Hall
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