Given name
Kerel
“one who is forever young”
Kerel is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “one who is forever young.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is forever young.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kerel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 7 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1982.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kerel’s family of names
Kerel has a related form in Keryl. Kerel has a related form in Keral. Kerel has a related form in Keril.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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