Given name & surname
Cavell
“one who is bold”
Cavell is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is bold.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is bold.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cavell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,372 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,372 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020; 458 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.
Cavell’s family of names
Cavell has a related form in Cavelle. Cavell has a related form in Cavel. Cavell has a related form in Cavele.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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