Markel - Meaning of Markel

What does Markel mean?

[ 2 syll. mar-kel, ma-rk-el ] The baby boy name Markel is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MAARKehL †. Markel is largely used in the English language, and its origin is Latin and English-American.

In addition, Markel is a variant of the name Mark (English, Dutch, Russian, and Scandinavian).

Markell (English), Markelle, and Markelo are variants of Markel.

Markel is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1999, 0.008% of baby boys were given the name Markel. Its ranking then was #880. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of irregular use. In 2011, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Markel, Mark was the most frequently used. Markel has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Markel include Markell, Marcel, Marcele, Marcell, Marcelle, Marcely, Marchal, Marchall, Markelle, Marquel, Marquell, Marquelle, Marsale, Marschal, Marschall, Marsel, Marshal, Marshall, Marshel, and Marshell.

† Pronunciation for Markel: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"