Given name & surname
Terell
“one who is stubborn”·“a powerful man”
Terell is a variant of Terrell. Interpretations include “one who is stubborn” and “a powerful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Terell is a variant of Terrell. Interpretations include “one who is stubborn” and “a powerful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Terell is a variant of Terrell. Terrell has been associated with French and German naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Terell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,733
- 2,695 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,683 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,683 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 45.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 107 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,899 as a first name in 2020; 164 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Terell
- Terell ThomasEnglish association football playerborn 1995
- Terell ParksAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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