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Markel

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

modern coinage/variant of Marcel, ultimately from Latin Marcus, honoring the god Mars

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1990s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Markel peaked in the 1990s.

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