Dionel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dionel by the numbers

Dionel was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Dionel

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 Dionel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dionedaughter of heaven and earth; greek goddess12 in the US (2017)
  • Donzelyoung nobleman or squire8 in the US (2017)
  • Danela form of Daniel; God is my judge7 in the US (2017)
  • Dionisof dionysus, god of wine and theater7 in the US (2017)
  • Diesel118 in the US (2017)
  • Dionte30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dionel

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