Morrell
A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning dark-skinned or swarthy.
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
Morrell by the numbers
Morrell was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 1919, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Morrell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marrelllake by the boundary; a form of Merrell5 in the US (2017)
- Marcelldedicated to Mars; a variant of Marcel72 in the US (2017)
- Martellhammer-like; diminutive of Mars33 in the US (2017)
- Merrillfamous by the lake or pleasant boundary13 in the US (2017)
- Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
- Markell95 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Morrell, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Morrell
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