Russel

Where Russel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Russel.

  • 2 syllables
Russel through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1893
    Russel Crouse born
    American playwright
  3. 1913
    Peak, #282
    196 babies named Russel, its best rank.
  4. 1973
    Russel Arnold born
    Sri Lankan cricketer
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #844.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Russel Crouse · American playwright, 1893–1966
  • Russel Arnold · Sri Lankan cricketer, born 1973
  • Russel Norman · New Zealand politician, born 1967
  • Russel L. Honoré · Retired Lieutenant General in the United States Army, born 1947
  • Russel E. Caflisch · American mathematician and academic, born 1954

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.