Windell

Where Windell comes from

Windell 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. 1914
    First appearance
    #1,975 among boys, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Peak, #545
    116 babies named Windell — more than any year before or since.
  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

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

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.