# Handal

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Arabic حَنْضَل (ḥanḍal, “colocynth”), a dialectal merger of حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal, “colocynth”). This surname is particularly found in Honduras.
* Borrowed from Norwegian Handal, a habitational surname from any of several farmsteads in Norway.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/handal