Tal is a given name and a surname of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

origin meaning "dew". It is a popular name in Israel for boys and girls.

Given name

Men

Tal Aizik Tal Aizik (Hebrew: טל אייזיק), better known as Fly, is an Israeli professional '' Dota 2'' player for Evil Geniuses. He is a former co-founder of the esports team OG. Aizik won four Dota Major Championships with team OG. Career Coming f ...

(born 1993), Israeli professional ''Dota 2'' video game player *

Tal Bachman Talmage Charles Robert Bachman (born August 13, 1970) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1999 hit, " She's So High", a pop rock tune from his self-titled 1999 album that led to a BMI award. Musical career 1 ...

(born 1968), Canadian singer *

Tal Ben Haim Tal Ben Haim (or Tal Ben Haim I, he, טל בן-חיים; born 31 March 1982) is an Israeli footballer who last played for Beitar Jerusalem. He can play at either centre back or right back. He has played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers ...

(born 1982), Israeli footballer * Tal Ben Haim (footballer, born 1989), Israeli footballer *

Tal Brody Talbot "Tal" Brody (Hebrew: טל ברודי; born August 30, 1943), nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the National Basketball ...

(born 1943), Israeli-American Euroleague basketball player * Tal Dunne (born 1987), Welsh-born Israeli professional basketball player for Israeli team

Ironi Nes Ziona Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. (or spelled as Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) is a professional basketball club based in Ness Ziona, Israel. The team plays its home games at the Lev Hamoshava, which has capacity for 1,200 people. The club plays in the Israeli Bask ...

Tal Erel Tal Erel (טל אראל; born June 16, 1996) is an Israeli baseball player for the Israel National Baseball Team. He has played college baseball at Lynn University. He played for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of ...

(born 1996),

Israel National Baseball Team The Israel national baseball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בבייסבול) represents Israel in international competitions. It is managed by Israeli-American former Major League Baseball World Series champion, World Baseball Classic champion, ...

player * Tal Flicker (born 1992), Israeli judoka *

Tal Friedman Tal Friedman ( he, טל פרידמן; born 20 December 1963) is an Israeli actor, comedian and musician. Biography Friedman was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father was a holocaust survivor. He served in the Israeli Navy on a missile ...

(born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian * Tal Kachila (born 1992), Israeli footballer *

Tal Karpelesz Tal Karpelesz ( he, טל קרפלס; born February 25, 1990) is an Israeli-Romanian professional basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Kasem of the Liga Artzit. Standing at , he primarily plays at the small forward position. Early life Karpelesz was ...

(born 1990), Israeli-Romanian basketball * Tal Rousso (born 1959), retired Israel Defense Forces general *

Tal Shaked Tal Shaked is an American chess grandmaster who is best known for winning the World Junior Championship in 1997. Shaked learned the game at the age of seven, and developed his chess skills in the scholastic chess organizations of Tucson, Arizon ...

(born 1978), American chess grandmaster *

Tal Stricker Tal Stricker (born May 29, 1979) is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Early life Stricker was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and his parents are Rafi and Nava Stricker. He a ...

(born 1979), Israeli Olympic swimmer

Women

Tal (singer) Tal Benyezri (born 12 December 1989), also mononymously known as TAL, is an Israeli-French singer. She was signed to Warner Music France from 2011 to 2018. In 2021, she changed her artist name to TALOULA and became an independent artist. Biograp ...

, full name Tal Benyerzi (born 1989), Israeli-born French singer *

Tal Karp Tal Karp (born 30 December 1981) is an Australian women's former Olympic soccer player who represented Australia as a member of the Matildas (the Australian Women's Football Team) and captained Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League. Afte ...

(born 1981), female Australian football (soccer) player *

Tal Wilkenfeld Tal Wilkenfeld (born 2 December 1986) is an Australian singer, songwriter, bassist, and guitarist. She has performed with artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Incubus, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, and Mick Jagger. In 2008, Wilkenfeld was vot ...

(born 1986), Australian bassist

Surname

Alon Tal Alon Tal ( he, אלון טל, born 12 July 1960) is a leading Israeli environmental politician, academic and activist. He was a member of the 24th Knesset between 2021 and 2022, representing the Blue and White political party; founder of the I ...

(born 1960), Israeli politician *

Alona Tal Alona Tal ( he, אלונה טל, ; born ) is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in ''Veronica Mars'' as cheerleader Meg Manning, in '' Supernatural'' as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, and in '' SEAL Team'' as grad stu ...

(born 1983), Israeli-American actress * David Tal (historian), expert on Israel's security and diplomatic history and U.S. disarmament policy *

David Tal (Israeli politician) David Tal ( he, דוד טל) (born 26 January 1950) is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset. He was a member of the Kadima faction. Biography Born in Tunisia and raised in Rehovot, Tal studied at an ORT high school in that ...

(born 1950), four-time member of the Knesset and member of the Kadima party *

Erez Tal Erez Moshe Tal ( he, ארז טל; born 27 July 1961) is an Israeli television host. Early life Born as Erez Moshe Ben-Tulila in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Jewish parents. His father, Aharon Ben-Tulila, immigrated from Algeria, whereas his mother Edn ...

(born 1961), Israeli announcer and TV presenter *

Idan Tal Idan Tal ( he, עידן טל; born 13 September 1975, in Beersheba) is a former Israeli professional footballer. Tal was born in Beersheba, Israel, and is Jewish. He lives in Haifa, is married to Doreen, and has two children, Miron and Amit. Cl ...

(born 1975), Israeli football manager and former player *

Israel Tal Israel Tal ( he, ישראל טל, September 13, 1924, – September 8, 2010), also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Mer ...

(1924–2010), Israeli general, known for the development of the

Merkava The Merkava ( he, מרכבה, , "chariot") is a series of main battle tanks used by the Israel Defense Forces and the backbone of the IDF's armored corps. The tank began development in 1970, and its first generation, the Merkava mark 1, entere ...

tank * Joseph Tal (1910–2008), Israeli composer *

Marjo Tal Marjo Tal (15 January 1915 - 27 August 2006) was a Dutch composer and pianist who wrote the music for over 150 songs and often performed them while accompanying herself on the piano. Life and career Early life Tal was born in The Hague, the oldest ...

(1915-2006), Dutch composer *

Mikhail Tal Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal; rus, Михаил Нехемьевич Таль, ''Mikhail Nekhem'yevich Tal' '', ; sometimes transliterated ''Mihails Tals'' or ''Mihail Tal'' (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) was a Soviet-Latvian chess player ...

(1936–1992), Soviet world chess champion * Nickol Tal (born 1994), Israeli fencer *

Tobias Tal Tobias Tal (June 16, 1847 – October 24, 1898) was a Dutch rabbi who served as Chief Rabbi of the Hague. Life Tal was born on June 16, 1847 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, son of Z. T. Tal. Tal studied at the rabbinical seminary of Chief Rabbi Joseph ...

(1847–1898), Dutch rabbi *

Yael Tal Yael Tal ( he, יעל טל; born 26 May 1983 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli actress, whose work spans film, theater, television and voice acting for animated shows. She is a graduate of Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts and the Yoram Leowinstein p ...

(born 1983), Israeli actress {{given name, type=both Hebrew unisex given names