Chal is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
,
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
and
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Notable people using this name include the following:
Given name
As a given name:
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Chal Daniel
Chal Newton Daniel, Jr. (August 31, 1921 – February 13, 1943) was an American football player.
Daniel was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1921. He moved with his family to Longview, Texas, in 1932. He was a member of Longview High School's champio ...
(1921 – 1943), American gridiron football player and Army pilot
As a portion of a given name (
Burmese names
Burmese names lack the serial structure of most Western names. The Burmans have no customary matronymic or patronymic system and thus there is no surname at all. In the culture of Myanmar, people can change their name at will, often with no gov ...
do not have surnames):
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Eaint Myat Chal (born 1993), Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder
Nickname
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A.Chal, nickname of Alejandro Chal whose birthname was Alejandro Salazar, Peruvian singer-songwriter and producer
Surname
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Kelly Chal
Kelly Chal is a former New Zealand politician. She was elected to parliament as a member of the United Future party and held her seat for 17 days before it was realised she was ineligible, not being a New Zealand citizen.
Early life
Chal was bor ...
, New Zealand politician
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Cal (given name) Cal is most commonly a masculine given name (more rarely it can be used as a feminine name, as in the case of Scottish Author Cal Flyn) or a shortened form of a given name (usually Calvin, Callum, Caleb, or rarely a variant of the Irish name Cathal) ...
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Cao (Chinese surname)
Cao is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cáo''). It is listed 26th in the Song Dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles (Ts'ao), which is widely adopted in Taiwan, although the ...
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Cha (Korean surname)
Cha is a relatively uncommon family name in Korea. The Yeonan Cha clan is the only clan. The founding ancestor was Cha Hyo-jeon, son of Ryoo Cha-dal (류차달) (10th century AD). Most of the clan's members live in Gyeongsang, Hwanghae, and P'y ...
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Chad (name)
The name Chad is the modernized form of the Old English given name ''Ceadda''. It is also a short form (hypocorism) of Charles, Chadd, Chadrick and Chadwick.
Until the 20th century, Chad was very rarely used as a given name. According to the Soc ...
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Chai (surname)
Chai (, also spelled as ''Tsai'', ''Tchai'') is a Chinese surname. The same surname is Sài in Vietnamese, and Si (, sometimes spelled as ''Shi'', ''See'', ''Sie'', ''Sea'') in Korean.
Chai is listed 325th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundr ...
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Chala (disambiguation)
Chala is a region in Peru.
Chala may also refer to:
Places India
* Chala, Gujarat, a census town
* Chala, Kannur, a suburb of Kannur in Kerala
* Chala, Thiruvananthapuram, a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala
Peru
* Chala, Peru, a town
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Chalk (disambiguation)
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Chaly (surname)
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Chan (surname) Chan is a non-pinyin romanisation of multiple Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese.
Among respondents to the 2000 United States Census, Chan was the 12th-most common surname among Asian Pacific Americans, and 459th-most common ...
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Chao (surname)
Chao is a surname in various cultures. It is the Pinyin spelling of two Chinese surnames ( and ), the Wade–Giles spelling of two others ( or the much rarer , both spelled in Pinyin as Zhao (surname), Zhào), and a regional or other spelling of ...
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Char (name) Char is a French feminine given name that is a variation of Chardonnay, Charlene, and Charlotte and a feminine form of Charles. Char is also used as a variation of Charmaine. Notable people with this name include the following:
Mononym
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Charl (name) Charl is an Afrikaans, English, and German masculine given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name
* Charl Bouwer, South African paralympic swimmer
* Charl Cilliers (writer) (born 1941), South African author and poet ...
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Chas (given name) Chas is an English language, English unisex given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Charles. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
* Charlie Chas Balun (1948-2009), American writer and film critic
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Chay (given name)
Chay is a masculine name. It is either a diminutive of Charles,http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Chay Baby Names - Chay ultimately derived from Germanic ''Karal, Karel, Karl'', meaning “man”, or it may be Gaelic in origin, meaning “Fai ...
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Chaz
Chaz (less frequently ''Chas'' or '' Chazz'') is an English masculine given name or nickname, originally derived from a short form of Charles (abbreviated ''Chas.''), although it is also used occasionally as a short form of other given names such a ...
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Coal (disambiguation)
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