Given name & surname
Dekel
“from the palm tree”
Dekel is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the palm tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “from the palm tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dekel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 9 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 9 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 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.
Dekel’s family of names
Dekel has a related form in Dekele. Dekel has a related form in Dekell. Dekel has a related form in Dekelle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dekel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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