Raydel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raydel by the numbers

Raydel was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Raydel

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

  • Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
  • Randelshield wolf; a form of Randolph5 in the US (2017)
  • Rayder18 in the US (2017)
  • Raudel12 in the US (2017)
  • Rayel7 in the US (2017)
  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Raydel

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