Makelle

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makelle by the numbers

Makelle was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Makelle

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

  • Mikellewho is like god; feminine form of Michael19 in the US (2017)
  • Mabellelovable; a form of Mabel3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maelle7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Markelle12 in the US (2017)
  • Makell7 in the US (2017)
  • Marielleof the sea; a form of Mary138 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makelle

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

Names about as common as Makelle

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