Schnell
Schnell is a surname of German origin meaning fast or quickly and may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Schnell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Schnell is a surname of German origin meaning fast or quickly and may refer to:
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The Story of Schnell
Schnell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 5 births, good for #8,292 nationwide. About 60% of every Schnell on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Schnell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1983, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Schnell
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- Claude Schnell (contemporary), heavy metal keyboardist
- Edward Schnell (fl. mid-19th century), German arms dealer in Japan; brother of Henry Schnell
- Emil Schnell (born 1953), German politician
- F. Wolfgang Schnell (1913–2006), German professor of applied genetics and plant breeding
- Georg H. Schnell (1878–1951), German film actor
- Henry Schnell (fl. mid-19th century), German arms dealer in Japan; brother of Edward Schnell
- Hermann Josef Schnell (1916–1999), German polymer chemist
- Karl-Heinz Schnell (1915–2013), German ace fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II
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Names that sound like Schnell
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About the name Schnell
Schnell is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Schnell's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #8,292. Use the chart and map above to compare Schnell'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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