Howell

Where Howell comes from

From Welsh Hywel. Doublet of Huell and Powell.
— Wiktionary's entry for Howell
  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1815
    Howell Cobb born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #482 among boys with 14 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #781.
  4. 1921
    Howell Heflin born
    Democratic United States Senator from Alabama
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Howell Cobb · American politician, 1815–1868
  • Howell Heflin · Democratic United States Senator from Alabama, 1921–2005
  • Howell Davis · Welsh pirate, 1690–1719
  • Howell Edmunds Jackson · American jurist and politician, 1832–1895
  • Howell Harris · Welsh preacher, 1714–1773

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.