Given name & surname
Flavel
“having yellow hair”
Flavel is a variant of Flavian. One Latin interpretation is “having yellow hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Flavel is a variant of Flavian. One Latin interpretation is “having yellow hair.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Flavel is a variant of Flavian. An origin associated with Flavian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Flavel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 6 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 6 in 1944. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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