Kordell

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kordell by the numbers

Kordell was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 174 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kordell

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 Kordell. 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)
  • Kornelhorn; a form of cornelius3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kyrell11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kyndell19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kordell

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

  • Cordellcord maker or rope worker125 in the US (2017)
  • Cordale6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kordell

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