Given name & surname
Ledell
“one who is queenly”
Ledell is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is queenly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is queenly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ledell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 562
- 541 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 20 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 8 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 369 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.
Ledell’s family of names
Ledell has a related form in Lydell. Ledell has a related form in Ledel. Ledell has a related form in Ledela.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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