Given name

Markelle

Markelle is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Markelle 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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Markelle through the years

Babies since 1880
357
232 boys · 125 girls
Most popular year
1995
24 babies
2025
5
#13,218 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−33%
Easing
Boys Girls
02468198020002025Highest share 1994Boys 2.9Girls 0.0
Markelle in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, per million births of each sex. 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,218 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 375 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.

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The ring: spellings.

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

French · Modern

Marquise

“a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman”

34RareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Martinjr

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Old Norse · Modern

Macaulay

“the son of righteousness”

21RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Marqueis

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Masataka

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

MacGuire

“the son of the beige one”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Marchelo

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Maxamus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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