Egal Family History

Somali: from the personal name Egal based on a word denoting a kind of men's head gear. It is also found in Kenya and Djibouti. — Note: Since Somalis traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Americanized form of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Igel ‘hedgehog’. French: from Old Occitan égal from Latin aequalis ‘equal’ possibly applied as a nickname for a righteous person or used as a topographic name for someone who lived on a flat piece of land.