Irish origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Irish Conall.
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- Wiktionary: ConnelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A name. A world of connections.
Irish roots
/ˈkɔnəl/ · English
01 / Meaning & origin
Connel is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Irish Conall.
Borrowed from Irish Conall.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 1995: 6 boys (rank 7792). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1974–2025 Spelling: Connel
Recorded category boys
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Source: National Records of Scotland · National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | 3 | 380 | 89 | observed |
| 1993 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | 3 | 375 | 96 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | 5 | 326 | 164 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 5 | 313 | 177 | observed |
| 2000 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 3 | 490 | 108 | observed |
| 2005 | 4 | 446 | 142 | observed |
| 2006 | 3 | 584 | 105 | observed |
| 2007 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Connel” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million use the matching published total for this region, recorded category and year; years without a compatible denominator remain gaps.
Released 2026-05-26 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · OGL-UK-3.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Connel— “chief’s courage”
Connal, or Connel, a name sometimes said to mean friendship, is given to one of the Ossianic heroes, who makes a great figure in Macpherson’s epic, and is said to have named Tirconnel. The name continued in great favour, and the popular tales of the Highlands describe a certain ingenious Conall, whose adventures are a most curious mixture of those of Ulysses and Sindbad the Sailor, and are related in the same way as those of the Three Calenders and other worthies in the…
Connal, or Connel, a name sometimes said to mean friendship, is given to one of the Ossianic heroes, who makes a great figure in Macpherson’s epic, and is said to have named Tirconnel. The name continued in great favour, and the popular tales of the Highlands describe a certain ingenious Conall, whose adventures are a most curious mixture of those of Ulysses and Sindbad the Sailor, and are related in the same way as those of the Three Calenders and other worthies in the _Arabian Nights_. History says that Congal Claen, king of Ulster, slew Suibne, king of Ireland, but was then attacked and defeated by Domnall II., Suibne’s successor; that he then fled to Donald-brec, or the Freckled, king of the Scots, and brought him to Ireland to be defeated at Magrath, in 637. An Irish saint, called Congal, founded the Great Abbey of Ben-chor, in Ulster, answering to Ban-chor, in Wales, and thus formed the nursery of the great missions of the Irish Church in the sixth century.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter III (Gaelic Names), Section IV (Cu, Cun, Gal) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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