Réal is a

French language French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-R ...

masculine given name derived from the borrowing of the

Catalan language Catalan () is a Western Romance languages, Western Romance language and is the official language of Andorra, and the official language of three autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic I ...

''réal'' or the

Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...

''real'', meaning "royal". Réal, as a given name, is found predominantly in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

and other

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speaking areas. Individuals bearing the name Réal include: *

Réal Andrews Réal Andrews (born Réal Johnson; January 31, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Chance Walker in the first season of the syndicated action drama series ''Soldier of Fortune, Inc.'', and for playing Marcus Taggert on the ABC dayt ...

(born 1963), Canadian actor * Réal Bossé (born 1962), Canadian actor *

Réal Bouvier Réal Bouvier (January 6, 1946 – January 9, 2000) was a Canadian navigator and a Quebec journalist. In 1977, he crossed the Northwest Passage, from east to west, in command of ''JE Bernier II'', a sailing boat of 10.5 meters. The ''JE Bernie ...

(1946–2000), Canadian navigator and journalist *

Réal Caouette David Réal Caouette (; September 26, 1917 – December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada and founder of the '' Ralliement des créditistes''. O ...

(1917–1976), Canadian politician *

Réal Chevrefils Joseph Maurice Roger Réal "Chevy" Chevrefils (May 2, 1932 – January 8, 1981) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings between 1951 and 1959. Playing career Chevre ...

(1932–1981), Canadian ice hockey player *

Réal Cloutier Réal Cloutier (born July 30, 1956) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Cloutier spent five prolific seasons as a forward (ice hockey), winger in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Quebec Nordiques. In his rook ...

(born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player *

Réal Favreau Réal Favreau is a judge currently serving on the Tax Court of Canada The Tax Court of Canada (TCC; ), established in 1983 by the ''Tax Court of Canada Act'', is a federal superior court which deals with matters involving companies or individ ...

, Canadian judge *

Réal Godbout Réal Godbout is a Quebec writer and comic book illustrator, best known for his ''Michel Risque'' and '' Red Ketchup'' series which he co-created with his long-time friend Pierre Fournier. Biography In the 70's, Godbout published his comic strips ...

, Canadian writer and comic book illustrator *

Réal Gauvin Réal Gauvin (born March 30, 1935) is a Quebec politician, who served as the member for Montmagny-L'Islet in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1985 until 2003. Biography Gauvin was manager of a lumber an ...

(born 1935), Canadian politician *

Réal Giguère Réal Giguère (24 May 1933 – 11 February 2019) was a Canadian television host and broadcaster. Early life He began his career as a radio announcer from 1956 to 1961. He worked as a talk show host on French Canadian network television: ''D ...

(1933–2019), Canadian television host and broadcaster *

Réal Lapierre Réal Lapierre (born August 5, 1944) is a Canadian politician and former École Pointe-Lévy geography teacher. Born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Lapierre started out in politics as city councillor in Beaumont, Quebec in 1971. In 197 ...

(born 1944), Canadian politician *

Réal Lemieux Réal Gaston Lemieux (January 3, 1945 – October 24, 1975) was a Canadian ice hockey right wing. He played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres between 1967 and 1974. Ea ...

(1945–1975), Canadian ice hockey player *

Réal Ménard Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian member of Parliament to come out as gay. Ménard is a political scient ...

(born 1962), Canadian politician *

Réal Ouellet Réal Ouellet (29 September 1935 – 20 February 2022) was a Canadian writer and academic. Biography After his studies in psychology and literature at the Université Laval, Ouellet earned a doctorate from the University of Paris in 1963 with a ...

(1935–2022), Canadian writer and academic *

Réal Paiement Réal Paiement (born September 30, 1959) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He coached the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) after spending over two years coaching professional hockey in Europe. ...

(born 1959), Canadian hockey player and coach

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