Given name & surname
Parnell
“from the country”
Parnell is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “from the country.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “from the country.”
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 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parnell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,479
- 1,422 boys · 57 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 39 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 8 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 832 as a first name in 2020; 13,860 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.
Parnell’s family of names
Parnell has a related form in Pernell. Parnell has a related form in Parnel. Parnell has a related form in Parmele.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Pennvariant · English
- Pernellvariant
- Purnellvariant · English
- Pernellevariant
- Pernelevariant
- Pernelvariant
- Parrnellevariant
- Parmelevariant
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People named Parnell
- P. J. JonesAmerican racing driverborn 1969
- Parnell HallMystery writer (1944–2020)
- Parnell GourlayCanadian amateur soccer player (1879-1958)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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