Given name

Idele

“one who is happy; bountiful”

Idele is a variant of Idelle. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is happy; bountiful.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Idele is a variant of Idelle. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is happy; bountiful.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Idele is a variant of Idelle. An origin associated with Idelle is Welsh.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Idele through the years

Babies since 1880
20
0 boys · 20 girls
Most popular year
1916
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Idele in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1916–2025, 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 1927. 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.

Idele’s family of names

Idele has a related form in Idelle.

Walk Idele’s family in the name graph

IdeleIdelle

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 Idele, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

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Ivery

Ivery is a surname.

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Germanic · Literary

Adele

“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”

54UncommonSteady

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Old-fashioned

Elinore

“shining light”

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>99% girls

Nature

Hazelle

“from the hazel tree”

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>99% girls

German

Ilma

“determined protector”

19Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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