Given name & surname
Windell
“one who travels; a wanderer”
Windell is a variant of Wendell. One German interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Windell is a variant of Wendell. One German interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Windell is a variant of Wendell. An origin associated with Wendell is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Windell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,027
- 3,006 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 121 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,623 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,623 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 117 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,459 as a first name in 2020; 726 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.
Windell’s family of names
Windell has a related form in Wendell. In English usage, Windell as a surname has a related form in ENGLISH. In English usage, Windell as a surname has a related form in WINDLE.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Windell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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