Given name & surname
Buel
“one who lives on a hill”
Buel is a variant of Buell. One German interpretation is “one who lives on a hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Buel is a variant of Buell. One German interpretation is “one who lives on a hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Buel is a variant of Buell. An origin associated with Buell is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Buel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,135
- 1,135 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 65 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 as a first name in 2020; 727 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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