# Staal

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**Staal** is a [Dutch surname](/source/Dutch_surname), cognate to German [Stahl](/source/Stahl) and [Stal](/source/Stal_(disambiguation)) in other languages, meaning "steel". Though possibly also of patronymic origin, it may be a [metonymic](/source/Metonymic) [occupational surname](/source/Occupational_surname) referring to a smith.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

- [Abraham Staal](/source/Abraham_Staal) (1752–1804), Dutch Mennonite teacher and political activist
- [Boele Staal](/source/Boele_Staal) (born 1947), Dutch D66 politician
- [Ede Staal](/source/Ede_Staal) (1941–1986), Dutch singer-songwriter
- [Egor Egorovich Staal](/source/Egor_Egorovich_Staal) (1822–1907), Russian diplomat, ambassador to the UK 1884–1902
- [Eric Staal](/source/Eric_Staal) (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Jared, Jordan and Marc
- [Flossie Wong-Staal](/source/Flossie_Wong-Staal) (1947–2020), American virologist and molecular biologist
- [Frits Staal](/source/Frits_Staal) (1930–2012), Dutch philosopher and Indologist
- [Gert Staal](/source/Gert_Staal) (born 1956), Dutch design publicist
- [Herta Staal](/source/Herta_Staal) (1930–2021), Austrian film actress and singer
- [Jacob Staal](/source/Jacob_Staal) (1913–1981), Dutch commando during World War II
- [Jan Frederik Staal](/source/Jan_Frederik_Staal) (1879–1940), Dutch architect, husband of Margaret
- [Jared Staal](/source/Jared_Staal) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Eric, Jordan and Marc
- [Jesper Staal](/source/Jesper_Staal) (born 1972), Danish sprint canoer
- [Jonas Staal](/source/Jonas_Staal) (born 1981), Dutch visual artist
- [Jordan Staal](/source/Jordan_Staal) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Eric, Jared and Marc
- [Karl Gustav von Staal](/source/Karl_Gustav_von_Staal) (1777–1853), Baltic German general of the Russian Army
- [Kim Staal](/source/Kim_Staal) (born 1978), Danish ice hockey player
- [Marc Staal](/source/Marc_Staal) (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Eric, Jared and Jordan
- [Margaret Staal-Kropholler](/source/Margaret_Staal-Kropholler) (1891–1966), Dutch architect, wife of Jan Frederik
- [Marguerite de Launay, baronne de Staal](/source/Marguerite_de_Launay,_baronne_de_Staal) (1684–1750), French author
- [Pierre-Gustave Staal](/source/Pierre-Gustave_Staal) (1817–1882), French lithographer, illustrator and draughtsman
- [Viktor Staal](/source/Viktor_Staal) (1909–1982), Austrian actor

## See also

- Sontaran Commander Staal, fictional character in the sci-fi episodes "[The Sontaran Stratagem](/source/The_Sontaran_Stratagem)" and "[The Poison Sky](/source/The_Poison_Sky)"
- [Staal Jørpeland IL](/source/Staal_J%C3%B8rpeland_IL), a Norwegian Sports club
- [Staal Aanderaa](/source/Staal_Aanderaa) (born 1931), Norwegian mathematician
- [Staël](/source/Sta%C3%ABl)
- [Stahl](/source/Stahl)
- [Stal (disambiguation)](/source/Stal_(disambiguation))

## References

1. [Staal](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=staal&gba_naam=Staal&nfd_naam=Staal&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

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