Kendel
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Kendel by the numbers
Kendel was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 34 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kendel
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 Kendel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kendellvalley of the river Kent; a variant of Kendall61 in the US (2017)
- Kyndel22 in the US (2017)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
- Kendahlvalley of the river Kent; a form of Kendall7 in the US (2017)
- Kendyvalley of the river Kent; a form of Kendall7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kendel
Names that are said the same way as Kendel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kendel
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