Handal

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginArabic حَنْضَل ← Norwegian Handal →
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Meanings

proper nounHandal (plural Handals)

plural Handals

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. NorwegianHandal
  2. Arabicحَنْضَل“colocynth”
  3. EnglishHandal

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Arabic حَنْضَل (ḥanḍal, “colocynth”), a dialectal merger of حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal, “colocynth”). This surname is particularly found in Honduras. * Borrowed from Norwegian Handal, a habitational surname from any of several farmsteads in Norway.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lahnda
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APA

Handal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Handal

MLA

“Handal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Handal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Handal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Handal.

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