Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Idell 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Idell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,463
- 38 boys · 3,425 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 132 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 girls is 6 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 125 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 673 as a first name in 2020; 514 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.
Idell’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Idell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Inell
>99% girls
Estell
Estell is a surname.
12% boys · 88% girls
Adell
Adell is a unisex given name from Proto-Germanic.
>99% girls
Idella
“one who is happy; bountiful”
>99% girls
Mozell
14% boys · 86% girls
Maybell
“one who is lovable”
>99% girls
Ethel
“a noble woman” · “one who is noble”
>99% girls
Exie
>99% girls