Iyal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-YUL
- Origin
- Tamil
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Iyal is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “nature; literature”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Iyal mean?
Tamil: Tamil word
“nature; literature”
Iyal, literature, is the first of the three branches of classical Tamil, alongside isai (music) and natakam (drama).
Is Iyal a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Iyal, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Iyal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
Names like Iyal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ilham, Zainab, Safaa, Izzah, Zaha, Rahaf, Hibah, Rahma, Zairah, Hiba, Farah
Names related to Iyal
More Tamil names
Nila, Aathiran, Iniya, Aadhiran, Nilah, Kavin, Aadhav, Adhiran, Venba, Athiran, Kayal, Oviya, Kalai, Kannan, Valli, Nithila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Iyal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyal, updated 20 October 2026.