Given name

Gennell

Gennell is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Gennell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Gennell through the years

Babies since 1880
179
0 boys · 179 girls
Most popular year
1943
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.51019401960198020002025Highest share 19380.0
Gennell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1936–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1943. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 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.

Gennell’s family of names

Gennell may belong to the same name family as GENELL. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Gennell’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Gennell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Sedell

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Gereline

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Geraleen

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Waunell

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Eilene

“a birdlike woman”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Saints

Georgetta

“farmer” · “one who works the earth”

11Very rare

>99% girls

Literary

Geraldene

“one who rules with the spear”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Glennys

“a holy woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Gennell’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Gennell

A sister for Gennell