Spanish: from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name
Vitalis (see Vitale) or alternatively a habitational
name from Los Vidales in Murcia province, meaning ‘the Vidals’,
i.e. ‘home of the Vidal family’.Greek (Vidalis):
from the Greek form of the Latin personal name Vitalis (see
Vitale, Vitalis).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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