Windell

Where Windell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Windell.

Windell through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #1,975 among boys with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Peak, #545
    116 babies named Windell, its best rank.
  3. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #949.
  4. 1979
    Windell Middlebrooks born
    American actor
  5. 1985
    Windell Gabriels born
    Costa Rican footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Windell Middlebrooks · American actor, 1979–2015
  • Windell Gabriels · Costa Rican footballer, born 1985

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.