Makel

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

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

Makel by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 52 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Makel

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 Makel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Makell7 in the US (2017)
  • Mekel6 in the US (2017)
  • Mavenexpert or connoisseur98 in the US (2017)
  • Maherkindly or generous one15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mikalwho is like God; a form of Michael28 in the US (2017)
  • Mikealwho is like god; a form of Michael21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makel

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

  • Maikolwho is like god; a form of Michael19 in the US (2017)
  • Maikelwho is like God; variant of Michael17 in the US (2017)
  • Maicolwho is like God; a form of Michael13 in the US (2017)
  • Maykolwho is like god; respelling of Michael9 in the US (2017)
  • Maykel11 in the US (2017)
  • Maycol10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makel

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