Derell
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Derell by the numbers
Derell was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 34 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Derell
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 Derell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Darelldear or beloved; a form of Darrell44 in the US (2017)
- Derrelldear; a variant of Darrell21 in the US (2017)
- Durellenduring, lasting; durable9 in the US (2017)
- Derekruler of the people1,540 in the US (2017)
- Darrelldear or beloved; from D'Arelle239 in the US (2017)
- Darnellhidden nook or corner of land154 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Derell
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