Given name & surname
Dorrell
“a dark-haired man”
Dorrell is a variant of Dorran. One Irish interpretation is “a dark-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorrell is a variant of Dorran. One Irish interpretation is “a dark-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorrell is a variant of Dorran. An origin associated with Dorran is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorrell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 370
- 370 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 21 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 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 400 as a first name in 2020; 1,620 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.
Dorrell’s family of names
Dorrell has a related form in Dorran.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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