Cordell
A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning cord maker or rope worker.
Babies a year
125
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Cordell by the numbers
Cordell was given to 125 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 387 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cordell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cordell
Names that are said the same way as Cordell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Cordell, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cordell
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