Donyell
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Donyell by the numbers
Donyell was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 1974, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Donyell
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 Donyell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Donyell
Names that are said the same way as Donyell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Donnel5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Donyell
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