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opal Name Meaning and History

  1. from opal ‘combustible material’, a derivative of opic ‘to burn or singe’ or ‘to get sunburnt’, hence a nickname for a sunburnt individual.
  2. nickname from opal ‘opal’ (the jewel).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of opal Families in the US in 1920
Number of opal families
 5-8
 2-4		 1
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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John Opal & Florence Merritt cjrenzop 0
Opal's Linda 0
Opal Families from Texas & Alabama mid to late 1800's SNason7566 0
Walter Opal of Washtenaw Co. Michigan circa 1967 RJGaboury1 0
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