Given name & surname
Ordell
“of the beginning”
Ordell is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “of the beginning.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “of the beginning.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ordell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 238
- 185 boys · 53 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 18 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 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 149 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.
Ordell’s family of names
Ordell has a related form in Orde. Ordell has a related form in Ordel. Ordell has a related form in Ordela.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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