Renzel
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Renzel by the numbers
Renzel was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Renzel
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 Renzel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Renzolaurel wreath; a form of Lorenzo38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reuelfriend of god19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Refoelgod heals; a form of raphael3 in England and Wales (2025)
- RefaelGod heals; variant of Raphael15 in the US (2017)
- RemielGod is my mercy15 in the US (2017)
- Randelshield wolf; a form of Randolph5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Renzel
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