Markel

Where Markel comes from

Markel 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. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,668 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Markel Bergara born
    Spanish footballer
  3. 1987
    Markel Susaeta born
    Spanish association football player
  4. 1995
    Peak, #832
    167 babies named Markel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,829.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Markel Susaeta · Spanish association football player, born 1987
  • Markel Bergara · Spanish footballer, born 1986
  • Markel Fernández · Spanish athlete, born 2003
  • Markel Irizar · road bicycle racer, born 1980
  • Markel Brown · American basketball player, born 1992

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.