Immersion into two given names

Meanings and origins
Opel Meaning: descendant of Albrecht.

German (Saxony): from a short form of Albert or Adalbert.

Associated Given Names: German 4%. Erwin, Kurt, Fritz, Gerhard, Inge.

Popularity
Opel is an uncommon surname in the United States. In 2000, there were only 874 people with the last name Opel living in the US. Historically, the name has been most prevalent in the Midwest, though the name is actually most common in Alaska. Opel is least common in the southeastern states.

Ethnic breakdown
The pie chart shows the ethnic breakdown of the surname "Opel" as reported by the US Census Bureau in 2000. It is heavily skewed towards the Caucasian population in the United States. Caucasian: 96.68% Hispanic: 0.69% Asian: 0.57% Mixed Race: 1.37%

Variants of scripture
Use these variants to find more information about the meaning of a surname and to try to find relatives who have a variation in the scripture of your surname: Abal, Abel, Apel, Apfel, Apfol, Apole, Ebel, Epel, Epeli, Evilao, Obel, Ojbel, Opal, Opel, Ufel.

The given name "Opel"
The name Opel is a girl's name. It is 1 syllables long and is pronounced 'o- pel'.

Meanings and origins
The name Opel or slight variations of Opel are seen in the origins Hindi and English.

Hindi meanings of Opel (female): Precious gem English meanings of Opel (male): Jewel

Opel has the following similar or variant names: Opal, Opalina, Opaline

Popularity
The name Opel, is the 51802nd most popular baby name at mybaby.net.au placing it in the top 65% of names on our site. In the year year (2007), Opel was the 22940th most popular name, and is in the top 31% for the year.

Indian name
In Indian, the name Opel means jewel. The name Opel originated as an Indian name. The name Opel is most often used as a girl name or female name.

The given name "Opal"
The name Opal is a girl's name. It is 1 syllables long and is pronounced 'O pal'.

Meanings and origins
The name Opal or slight variations of Opal are seen in the origins Sanskrit and English

Sanskrit meanings of Opal (female): Precious jewell, justice, hope English meanings of Opal (male): A jewel

Opal has the following similar or variant names: Ura

Popularity
The name Opal, is the 69848th most popular baby name at mybaby.net.au placing it in the top 88% of names on our site. In the year year (2007), Opal was the 16552nd most popular name, and is in the top 23% for the year.

Indian name
In Indian, the name Opal means precious gem. Origins for the name Opal include Indian and English. The name Opal is most often used as a girl name or female name.

"Opel" misspelled from "Opal"
Göran Nyström: I just searched on various meanings of the words Opel and Opal and then found this Opal Whiteley to be the most likely connection to Syd's style in general and this song. …

Giulio Bonfissuto: You say "it has been stated that the title of the song should have been Opal but was spelt incorrectly", and I know three persons so far who stated it:
 * Felix Atagong, who added the word "probably" talking about your song:
 * "Opel, here renamed as Opal which is probably more correct"
 * (http://atagong.com/iggy/archives/2012/06/men-on-the-border-full-of-guitars-and-no-dust.html)


 * Julian Palacios:
 * "Jones's favourite was 'Opal' (misspelled 'Opel' by a studio engineer)"
 * (http://books.google.it/books?id=DvgH58uEPFAC&pg=PA340&dq=opal)


 * David Parker, who added the word "presumably":
 * "Presumably Syd intended the title to be 'Opal' after the gem-stone rather than Opel the car manufacturer! However 'Opel' is how it's written on the recording sheets and taper boxes, so 'Opel' remains."
 * (Random Precision (by David Parker, 2001) [p. 140])

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