Ardell

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ardell by the numbers

Ardell was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 96 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Ardell

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ardell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arielllion of god; a form of Ariel15 in the US (2017)
  • Adellnoble; a form of Adele or Adela14 in the US (2017)
  • Arnelleagle; a form of Arne6 in the US (2017)
  • Ardella
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
  • Ariellalion of god; feminine form of Ariel305 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ardell

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