Denzell
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning valley where wild animals gather.
Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Denzell by the numbers
Denzell was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 160 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Denzell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Denzelestablished from place name; fortress of the high stronghold193 in the US (2017)
- Donzell10 in the US (2017)
- Donnelldark brown ruler; from Domhnall51 in the US (2017)
- Derrelldear; a variant of Darrell21 in the US (2017)
- Donzelyoung nobleman or squire8 in the US (2017)
- Denzilfort of the stronghold; cornish place name3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Denzell, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Denzell
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