American Family Name Origins:
Vidales
Frequency: (260)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Spanish: from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Vitalis (see Vitale) or alternatively a habitational name from Los Vidales in Murcia province, meaning ‘the Vidals’, i.e. ‘home of the Vidal family’.
2. Greek (Vidalis): from the Greek form of the Latin personal name Vitalis (see Vitale, Vitalis).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 50%. Jose (6), Manuel (5), Fernando (4), Pedro (4), Carlos (3), Felipe (3), Francisco (3), Jorge (3), Rosalinda (3), Ruben (3), Domingo (2), Guillermo (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
