Canal

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese : habitational name from any of numerous places named with canal ‘channel’, ‘conduit’, from Latin canalis.
• Spanish (Cañal) and Portuguese : habitational name from a place named with Spanish cañal, Portuguese canal ‘reedbed’, a derivative of Latin canna ‘reed’.
• Italian : variant of Canale.