Medal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Medal, itself a surname of Galician origin. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.
Proper noun[edit]
Medal (plural Medals)
- A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Medal is the 41799th 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[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Medal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Medal m or f by sense
- a surname from Galician
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Galician
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Spanish
- English surnames from Galician
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/al
- Rhymes:Spanish/al/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Spanish surnames
- Spanish surnames from Galician