Martrell

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Martrell by the numbers

Martrell was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Martrell

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

  • Martellhammer-like; diminutive of Mars33 in the US (2017)
  • Marrelllake by the boundary; a form of Merrell5 in the US (2017)
  • Marcelldedicated to Mars; a variant of Marcel72 in the US (2017)
  • Martelhammer; warrior23 in the US (2017)
  • Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
  • Morrelldark-skinned or swarthy5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Martrell

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