Medal

See also: medal and meðal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Medal, itself a surname of Galician origin. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.

Proper noun

Medal (plural Medals)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Medal is the 41799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Medal is most common among Hispanic/Latino (75.77%) and White (21.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Medal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdal/ [meˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: Me‧dal

Proper noun

Medal m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician