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 (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 19 ...

(born 1968), Canadian singer * Tal Ben Haim (born 1982), Israeli footballer *

Tal Ben Haim (footballer, born 1989) Tal Ben Haim (or Tal Ben Haim II, he, טל בן-חיים; born 5 August 1989), also known as Tal Ben Chaim, is an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva as a winger. He can also play in the forward position. Early life Ben-Haim w ...

, 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 Tal Michael Dunne ( he, טל דן; born 25 February 1987) is a Wales-born Israeli former basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Early life Dunne was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, to a Jewish family. Dunne l ...

(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 (born 1996), Israel National Baseball Team player *

Tal Flicker Tal Flicker ( he, טל פליקר; born 28 May 1992) is an Israeli judoka. He competes in the under 66 kg weight category, and won bronze medals in the 2017 World Judo Championships and the 2018 European Judo Championships as well as a silv ...

(born 1992), Israeli judoka * Tal Friedman (born 1963), Israeli actor and comedian *

Tal Kachila Tal Kachila ( he, טל כחילה; born June 26, 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Club career Kachila played from the age of 14 with Beitar Jerusalem's youth team, deciding to become a centre-back, like his ...

(born 1992), Israeli footballer * Tal Karpelesz (born 1990), Israeli-Romanian basketball *

Tal Rousso Tal Rousso (; born 1959) is a general of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the reserves. He heads the IDF's Depth Corps. He also served as an MK for the Labor Party. Rousso was born in kibbutz Hulata in northern Israel and drafted into the ...

(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, Ariz ...

(born 1978), American chess grandmaster * Tal Stricker (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 (born 1981), female Australian football (soccer) player * Tal Wilkenfeld (born 1986), Australian bassist

Surname

* Alon Tal (born 1960), Israeli politician * Alona Tal (born 1983), Israeli-American actress *

David Tal (historian) David Tal (born 1964) is an Israeli historian and professor. Since 2009, he has been the Kahanoff Chair in Israeli Studies at the University of Calgary. He is an expert on Israel's security and diplomatic history, as well as U.S. disarmament polic ...

, expert on Israel's security and diplomatic history and U.S. disarmament policy * David Tal (Israeli politician) (born 1950), four-time member of the Knesset and member of the Kadima party * Erez Tal (born 1961), Israeli announcer and TV presenter * Idan Tal (born 1975), Israeli football manager and former player * Israel Tal (1924–2010), Israeli general, known for the development of the Merkava tank *

Joseph Tal Josef Tal ( he, יוסף טל; September 18, 1910 – August 25, 2008) was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; in ...

(1910–2008), Israeli composer * Marjo Tal (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 Nickol Tal (ניקול טל; born 27 July 1994) is an Israeli fencer. She won a bronze medal in women's epee at the 2014 Junior World Fencing Championships, and a bronze medal in women's epee at the 2019 Summer Universiade ) , Nations parti ...

(born 1994), Israeli fencer * Tobias Tal (1847–1898), Dutch rabbi * Yael Tal (born 1983), Israeli actress {{given name, type=both Hebrew unisex given names