Given name & surname
Newel
“from the new manor”
Newel is a variant of Newell. One English interpretation is “from the new manor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Newel is a variant of Newell. One English interpretation is “from the new manor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Newel is a variant of Newell. An origin associated with Newell is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Newel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 130
- 130 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 12 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 7 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 as a first name in 2020; 148 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Newel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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