Morell
Morell is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Morell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Morell is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Morell
Morell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 10 births, good for #2,801 nationwide. About 49% of every Morell on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Morell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1935, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 68 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Morell
Morell is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 68 births in the dataset. Morell's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #2,801. Use the chart and map above to compare Morell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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