Given name
Cordale
“one who makes cord”
Cordale is a variant of Cordell. One English interpretation is “one who makes cord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cordale is a variant of Cordell. One English interpretation is “one who makes cord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cordale is a variant of Cordell. An origin associated with Cordell is English.
Explained through its name family
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
Cordale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 592
- 592 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,936 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,936 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 430 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cordale’s family of names
Cordale has a related form in Cordell.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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