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Meaning & History
Either a habitational name from any of numerous places called Real; those in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal being named from real "royal" or as variant of Rial while those in southern Spain and Catalonia are named in part from real meaning "encampment rural property" (Arabic raḥāl "farmhouse cabin"). Or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal manner or an occupational name for someone in the service of the king from southern French réal, Spanish real "royal".