as a Last Name
- 8,423
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Veal
Meaning & Origins
English (of Norman origin): 1. nickname for an old man, or for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from Anglo-Norman French viel ‘old’ (Old French vieil). 2. metonymic occupational name for a calf-herd or nickname for a docile, calf-like person, from Anglo-Norman French ve(e)l ‘calf’ (Old French veel).
| 4,264th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,423
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Veal per capita
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