Given name & surname
Mendell
“a learned man”
Mendell is a variant of Mendel. One interpretation is “a learned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mendell is a variant of Mendel. One interpretation is “a learned man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mendell is a variant of Mendel. An origin associated with Mendel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mendell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 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 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020; 1,097 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.
Mendell’s family of names
Mendell has a related form in Mendel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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