Vidal

Vidal ( , , , ) is a name that originated in Spain based on the Latin Vitalis, referring to the trait of vitality. Though first used as a given name, it is most commonly found as a surname, which is incredibly common globally. It is a Catalan surname, originally from the historic Kingdom of Aragon and now common across Spanish-speaking nations. Infrequently seen as a given name, this is still found globally, though it has more popular variants. As a consistently uncommon given name, it was historically found in religious settings, predominantly Christian but also Sephardi. The surname was considered a name of nobility in Aragon and Catalonia during the Middle Ages, during which Vidal lines had ruled over Valencia and the Balearic Islands. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it is still globally widespread.

Vidal ( , , , ) is a name that originated in Spain based on the Latin Vitalis, referring to the trait of vitality. Though first used as a given name, it is most commonly found as a surname, which is incredibly common globally. It is a Catalan surname, originally from the historic Kingdom of Aragon and now common across Spanish-speaking nations. Infrequently seen as a given name, this is still found globally, though it has more popular variants. As a consistently uncommon given name, it was historically found in religious settings, predominantly Christian but also Sephardi. The surname was considered a name of nobility in Aragon and Catalonia during the Middle Ages, during which Vidal lines had ruled over Valencia and the Balearic Islands. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it is still globally widespread. ===Origin and meaning=== Vidal originated as a given name and may be given as a baptismal name, a rendering of the Latin name Vītālis (and its origin, vita), meaning "life" and "vitality". This ultimately derived from a proto-Indo-European root that Juan Sebastián Elián, in his dictionary of surnames, referred to as guem and defined as meaning "to come into the world"; Elián wrote that this root meaning was interpreted as a blessing for long life for newborns. This interpretation is also reflected in some of the surname's variants, those coming from vivas, "(to will that) you live", and vivere, the imperative "to live". A genetic analysis of people with the surname, published within a wider Catalan surname and genetics study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in 2015¹, had 67 usable samples; of these, it found the subjects came from 57 different lines, showing significant genetic diversity and a large number of different lines. ====Q==== Queralt Vidal (born 2000¹), Catalan social media personality Quim Vidal (born 1999), Spanish golfer ====U==== Úrsula Vidal (born 1972), Brazilian journalist and politician ====X==== Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera (born 1946), Catalan politician Ximena Vidal (born 1955), Chilean actress and politician Xiomara Vidal (born 1955), Cuban trovadora ====Z==== Zósimo Vicuña Vidal (1929–?), Peruvian pharmacist and politician ===Pseudonyms=== ====From Vidal==== Brays Efe (born Brays Fernández Vidal), Spanish actor Chicão (footballer, born 1962) (born Francisco Carlos Martins Vidal), Brazilian footballer Earl Liberty (born Mark Vidal), American bass guitarist Maria Montez (born María África Gracia Vidal), Dominican actress Marquinhos Carioca (born Marcus Vinícius Vidal Cunha), Brazilian footballer Menachem HaMeiri (born Vidal Solomon), Provençal rabbi NoCap (born Kobe Vidal Crawford Jr.), American rapper Rels B (born Daniel Heredia Vidal), Spanish singer Stwo (born Steven Vidal), French musician ====To Vidal==== Ernst Fischer (writer), who used the pseudonym Pierre Vidal Moses of Narbonne, also known as maestro Vidal Blasom ===Fictional characters=== Angustio Vidal, comic strip title character created by Rojas de la Cámara Death / Rio Vidal (Marvel Cinematic Universe) The Vidal brothers in The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (1910 novel) The Vidal family in Verano del '98 (1998–2000 telenovela) ==See also== Georges-Fernand Widal René Bidal Francis de Saint-Vidal ==Notes== ==References==

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