Roel

Where Roel comes from

Roel 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. 1926
    First appearance
    #3,708 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Roel Reiné born
    Dutch film director
  3. 1969
    Peak, #877
    76 babies named Roel — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1981
    Roel Brouwers born
    Dutch footballer
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,111.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Roel Brouwers · Dutch footballer, born 1981
  • Roel Reiné · Dutch film director, born 1969
  • Roel Velasco · Filippine boxer, born 1972
  • Roel Paulissen · Belgian cyclist, born 1976
  • Roel Wiersma · Dutch footballer, 1932–1995

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.