Orel

Where Orel comes from

Orel 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. 1883
    Debut at its peak, #892
    #892 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1919
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1989
    Orel Dgani born
    Israeli association footballer
  5. 1998
    Orel Mangala born
    Belgian association football player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Orel Mangala · Belgian association football player, born 1998
  • Orel Dgani · Israeli association footballer, born 1989
  • Orel Baye · Israeli association footballer, born 2004

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.