Durell

Where Durell comes from

Durell 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. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Durell Peaden born
    doctor, lawyer, politician
  3. 1985
    Peak, #606
    208 babies named Durell — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,439.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Durell Peaden · doctor, lawyer, politician, 1945–2015

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.