Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Trammell as a surname developed from TREMMEL.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trammell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 9 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 as a first name in 2020; 12,125 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.
Trammell’s family of names
In English usage, Trammell as a surname developed from the German form TREMMEL. In English usage, Trammell as a surname has a related form in TRAMELL. In English usage, Trammell as a surname has a related form in TRAMELL.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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