Handal (, meaning "bitter colocynth") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Esteban Handal Perez (born 1965), Honduran politician Muna Handal-Dayeh (born 1957), Palestinian Arab-American businesswoman Nathalie Handal (born 1969), French-American poet and writer Nils Handal (1906–1992), Norwegian politician Schafik Hándal (1930–2006), Salvadoran politician William Handal Raudales (born 1945), Honduran politician William Jacobo Handal (1951–2017), Salvadoran politician Handal, an evil king in the epic Taghribat Bani Hilal
See also Handala Hindal, a Sikh religious leader
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