Given name & surname
Morrell
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Morrell is a variant of Morell. One French interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Morrell is a variant of Morell. One French interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Morrell is a variant of Morell. An origin associated with Morell is French.
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
Morrell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 692
- 692 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 17 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 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020; 10,920 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.
Morrell’s family of names
Morrell has a related form in Morell. In English usage, Morrell as a surname has a related form in Morel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Morrell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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