Donnel

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two 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

Donnel by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 20 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Donnel

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

  • Donnelldark brown ruler; from Domhnall51 in the US (2017)
  • Doniel5 in the US (2017)
  • Donnalady, woman123 in the US (2017)
  • Danniela form of Daniel, God is my judge12 in the US (2017)
  • Danela form of Daniel; God is my judge7 in the US (2017)
  • Donell15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Donnel

Names that are said the same way as Donnel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Donnel

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