Veal Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Arms linked to Vail and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

What Veal means

Your Veal ancestor may well appear as Vail in earlier records. In origin, the name means “Valley”.

Records show Veal as one of the forms Vail took over time. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. You may also find the name written Vale. In the 2010 US Census, 7,842 Americans gave Veal as their last name (rank 4,519). That is enough to place it in the top 5,000 American surnames. Veal sounds close to Vela, so it can help to search both.

Research your Veal family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.