Burrell

Where Burrell comes from

Burrell hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #661
    10 babies named Burrell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1955
    Burrell Smith born
    American computer engineer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Burrell Smith · American computer engineer, born 1955

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.