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Opal name meaning

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419
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in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Opal mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Opal

User Submitted Origins

Indian (Sanskrit)
43%
English
30%
German
17%
Greek
4%
Filipino (Philippines)
4%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Vietnam says the name Opal means "A kind of gemstone".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun O"pal
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.

Note: ☞ The precious opal presents a peculiar play of colors of delicate tints, and is highly esteemed as a gem. One kind, with a varied play of color in a reddish ground, is called the harlequin opal. The fire opal has colors like the red and yellow of flame. Common opal has a milky appearance. Menilite is a brown impure variety, occurring in concretions at Menilmontant, near Paris. Other varieties are cacholong girasol hyalite, and geyserite.

Etymology: L. opalus: cf. Gr. �, Skr. upala a rock, stone, precious stone: cf. F. opale

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
Wiktionary
  1. A female given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
  2. (Australia) A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.[Developed 2005.]
  3. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
  4. A census-designated place in Virginia
  5. A town in Wyoming

Opal was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano and German

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Notable Persons Named Opal

Notable Persons Named Opal

Opal Tometi

Opal Tometi is an activism, writer, and activist.

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Opal Whiteley

Opal Whiteley was a naturist, diarist, and diary. She was most prominent from 1916 to 1948. Opal was born on December 11th, 1897. Opal is also known as Françoise Marie de Bourbon-Orléans. She breathed her last breath on February 16th, 1992.

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Opal Koboi

Opal Koboi is a fictional character.

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Opal Cortlandt

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Jean Chapel

Jean Chapel was a country music musician. Jean was given the name Opal Jean Amburgey on March 6th, 1925 in Neon, Kentucky, United States. Jean is also known as Mattie O'Neil and The Female Elvis. She left this life on August 19th, 1995.

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Opal Palmer Adisa

Opal was born in 1954.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Opal

Notable Persons With the Last Name Opal

Anthony Opal

Anthony was born in 1983.

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Common last names for Opal

Common first names for Opal

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Opal U.S.
█  White 88.07% 64.26%
█  African American 0.00% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 4.77% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.43% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 5.01% 16.26%

Of Last Name Opal

People with the last name Opal are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Opal

  • What name lists does Opal rank for?
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  • How Popular is the name Opal? Opal is the 832nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Opal was the 49,999th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Opal have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 70,582 babies born with the first name Opal in the United States. That's more than enough people named Opal to occupy the territory of Bermuda (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 64,237 (as of May 20, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Opal? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Opal first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Opal is Wednesday, June 16th, 1869.
  • What year had the most people named Opal born? The highest recorded use of the first name Opal was in 1918 with a total of 2,847 babies. That's a lot of babies named Opal!
  • Random Opal Factoid: According to the 1911 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Opal ranks 33rd in popularity as a baby girl's name in Oregon. Imagine that, 15 babies in Oregon have the same name in 1911.
  • Weird things about the name Opal: The name spelled backwards is Lapo. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Opla. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Opal? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 419 people with the last name Opal.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Opal? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Opal as their last name since less than 1 person in 714k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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