Revel
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Revel by the numbers
Revel was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Revel
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 Revel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
- Reyeskings42 in the US (2017)
- Reevessteward or official; occupational surname used as given name25 in the US (2017)
- Rivensplit or torn apart16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ronel15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Revel
Names that are said the same way as Revel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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