Cartel
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Cartel by the numbers
Cartel was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Cartel
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 Cartel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carterone who transports goods by cart10,351 in the US (2017)
- Cartez7 in the US (2017)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Carmelovineyard or garden of God308 in the US (2017)
- Castielmy cover is god; angel name from Jewish tradition286 in the US (2017)
- Carsenson of the marsh dweller; a variant of Carson227 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Cartel
Names that are said the same way as Cartel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kartel10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cartel
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