Markelle

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Markelle by the numbers

Markelle was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Markelle

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

  • Marcellededicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcel22 in the US (2017)
  • Mikellewho is like god; feminine form of Michael19 in the US (2017)
  • Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
  • Markee9 in the US (2017)
  • Makell7 in the US (2017)
  • Marquell18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Markelle

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

  • Marquelmarquis, nobleman; a form of Marques41 in the US (2017)
  • Markell95 in the US (2017)
  • Markel81 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Markelle

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