Markell
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 95 babies a year in the US.
Markell by the numbers
Markell was given to 95 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 176 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Markell
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 Markell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marcelldedicated to Mars; a variant of Marcel72 in the US (2017)
- Martellhammer-like; diminutive of Mars33 in the US (2017)
- Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
- Marrelllake by the boundary; a form of Merrell5 in the US (2017)
- Markel81 in the US (2017)
- Markelle12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Markell
Names that are said the same way as Markell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Markell
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