Nameling

Markel

Gender
Boy
Say it
mar-KEL
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#3,088 for boys

Markel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).

Where does Markel come from?

Modern: elaboration of Mark, akin to Marquel

Is Markel a girl's or a boy's name?

Markel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Markel in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.

2002Busiest: 5 in 20212021
Markel in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20215#3,614
20200–
20190–
20180–
20173#4,995
20163#5,015
20150–
20140–
20134#4,008
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20073#4,486
20060–
20054#3,330
20040–
20030–
20023#3,325

How popular is Markel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,088among boys
Babies in 2025
39about 1 in 44,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Markel, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 172 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.

2025 had fewer boys named Markel than any year since 1988.

Half of all the boys named Markel in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 103 boys in the US were given Markel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,455, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.

1948Busiest: 172 in 19992025
Markel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202539#3,088
202449#2,674
202363#2,243
202262#2,298
202173#2,025
202081#1,833
201986#1,790
201885#1,792
201781#1,829
201692#1,694
2015110#1,502
201495#1,627
2013110#1,483
2012107#1,498
2011123#1,364
2010126#1,349
2009144#1,241
2008147#1,198
2007139#1,263
2006138#1,214
2005169#1,004
2004149#1,070
2003136#1,121
2002118#1,182
2001164#943
2000143#1,019
1999172#878
1998161#897
1997156#884
1996139#933
1995167#829
1994162#837
199383#1,243
199265#1,412
199179#1,248
199075#1,273
198954#1,511
198828#2,192
198738#1,732
198629#2,005
198542#1,543
198429#1,884
198322#2,271
198234#1,699
198132#1,765
198018#2,616
197913#3,167
197819#2,375
197718#2,458
197617#2,507
197511#3,244
197410#3,316
197311#3,011
19727#3,960
197115#2,463
197011#2,890
196913#2,414
19687#3,364
19670–
196611#2,464
19658#2,980
19648#3,049
19636#3,645
196211#2,502
196115#2,147
196010#2,683
195910#2,662
19580–
19578#3,022
195611#2,495
19557#3,199
195411#2,448
19536#3,423
19520–
19515#3,712
19505#3,678
19495#3,688
19485#3,665

Nicknames for Markel

Names like Markel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Luca Mason Maxwell Lucas Jayden Axel Brody Logan Cooper Abel Kayden Ethan

Other spellings of Markel

Markell Marquel Marquell Markelle

Names related to Markel

Marcel Marcelo Marcello Marcell Marcelle

More Modern names

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Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Markel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markel, updated 20 October 2026.