Ermal
Ermal is an Albanian masculine given name, which means "wind of the mountain". People named Ermal include:Ermal Allen (1918–1988), American football quarterback and assistant coach Ermal Bojdani, Albanian-American physician, emergency and public psychiatrist, scientist, teacher of clinical medicine Ermal C.
- Albanian
Meaning & Origin of Ermal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ermal is an Albanian masculine given name, which means "wind of the mountain". People named Ermal include:Ermal Allen (1918–1988), American football quarterback and assistant coach Ermal Bojdani, Albanian-American physician, emergency and public psychiatrist, scientist, teacher of clinical medicine Ermal C.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Albanian
The Story of Ermal
As a girl name
Ermal first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1899, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 23 Ermals were born — ranking #1,581 that year. As of 2026, Ermal ranks #3,429 for girls with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 342 Ermals have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ermal first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1909, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 17 Ermals were born — ranking #1,966 that year. As of 2026, Ermal ranks #12,551 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 261 Ermals have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ermal
Ermal is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1899 and has accumulated 342 births in the dataset. Ermal's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,581. Use the chart and map above to compare Ermal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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