Admiral - Meaning of Admiral

What does Admiral mean?

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Admiral

[ 3 syll. a-dmi-ral, ad-mir-al ] The baby boy name Admiral is pronounced as AEDMih-RahL †. Admiral is used mostly in the English language and its language of origin is also English. The English word 'admiral' is ultimately of the Arabic 'amir-al'.

Both the origin and meaning of the name Admiral is inherited by all variant forms.

See also the related form, the Arabic, English, and Hebrew Amir.

See also the related categories, commander (king), english, word (element), and arabic.

Admiral is uncommon as a baby boy name. In 1900, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Admiral. It was #579 in rank then. The baby name has substantially fallen in popularity since then, and is currently of irregular use. In 2018, within the family of boy names directly linked to Admiral, Amir was the most popular.

† Pronunciation for Admiral: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"