Given name
Donyell
“a faithful man”
Donyell is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Donyell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 907
- 509 boys · 398 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 51 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 659 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.
Donyell’s family of names
Donyell has a related form in Danyelle. Donyell has a related form in Danyel. Donyell has a related form in Danyell.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Donyell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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