Meital
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- may-TAHL
- Origin
- Hebrew
Meital is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “water of dew”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meital mean?
Hebrew: Modern Hebrew name, from mei 'water of' + tal 'dew'
“water of dew”
Is Meital a girl's or a boy's name?
Meital is a girls' name.
How popular is Meital in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Meital in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meital in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Meital
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold, Esme, Ezra, Bristol, Itzel, Luna, Mia, Palmer, Selah, Monroe, Ava, Meadow
Names related to Meital
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meital: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meital, updated 20 October 2026.