Kartel
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Kartel by the numbers
Kartel was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Kartel
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 Kartel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- KarielGod is my garden; a form of Ariel with K8 in the US (2017)
- Karter2,620 in the US (2017)
- Kareemnoble; generous and dignified79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Karsenfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten234 in the US (2017)
- Karstenfollower of christ; a form of Christian62 in the US (2017)
- Karmelovineyard of god; a variant of Carmelo55 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kartel
Names that are said the same way as Kartel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Cartel7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kartel
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