Kestrel

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning a small falcon; the bird species.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kestrel by the numbers

Kestrel was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that mean a bird

Like Kestrel, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
  • Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kestrel

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