Donell

Where Donell comes from

Donell 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. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,829 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Peak, #762
    93 babies named Donell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1973
    Donell Jones born
    American recording artist; singer, songwriter and record producer
  4. 1982
    Donell Taylor born
    American basketball player
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,102.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Donell Jones · American recording artist; singer, songwriter and record producer, born 1973
  • Donell Taylor · American basketball player, born 1982

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.