Makbel
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Makbel by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Makbel. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
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 Makbel
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 Makbel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Makel14 in the US (2017)
- Manuelgod is with us1,319 in the US (2017)
- Marceldedicated to Mars, the god of war70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikaelwho is like god; Scandinavian form of Michael67 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikelwho is like God; a form of Michael138 in the US (2017)
- Mykelwho is like God; a form of Michael53 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Makbel
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