Donell

Where Donell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Donell.

Donell through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,829 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Peak, #762
    93 babies named Donell, its best rank.
  3. 1973
    Donell Jones born
    American recording artist; singer, songwriter and record producer
  4. 1982
    Donell Taylor born
    American basketball player
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,102.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Donell Jones · American recording artist; singer, songwriter and record producer, born 1973
  • Donell Taylor · American basketball player, born 1982

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.