Roel

Where Roel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Roel.

Roel through the years
  1. 1926
    First appearance
    #3,708 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Roel Reiné born
    Dutch film director
  3. 1969
    Peak, #877
    76 babies named Roel, its best rank.
  4. 1981
    Roel Brouwers born
    Dutch footballer
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,111.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Roel Brouwers · Dutch footballer, born 1981
  • Roel Reiné · Dutch film director, born 1969
  • Roel Velasco · Filippine boxer, born 1972
  • Roel Paulissen · Belgian cyclist, born 1976
  • Roel Wiersma · Dutch footballer, 1932–1995

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.