Given name & surname
Udell
“from the valley of yew trees”
Udell is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the valley of yew trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the valley of yew trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
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
Udell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 623
- 489 boys · 134 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 30 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 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 230 as a first name in 2020; 1,793 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.
Udell’s family of names
Udell has a related form in Udael. Udell has a related form in Udaele. Udell has a related form in Udail.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Udaelevariant
- Udaelvariant
- Udellevariant
- Udelevariant
- Udailevariant
- Udailvariant
- Udaylvariant
- Udaylevariant
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