Originally known as a medieval surname in England, Terrell is also used as a given name since the late 19th century. Its meaning is not clear, though it is probably connected to the French surname Tirel, that was given to someone who was stubborn.
Terrell is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Terrell isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Terrell ranks 845. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 1 were named Terrell. In the entire USA, approximately 32,105 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Terrell. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Originally known as a medieval surname in England, Terrell is also used as a given name since the late 19th century. Its meaning is not clear, though it is probably connected to the French surname Tirel, that was given to someone who was stubborn.
As a first name,... Terrell had its most popular phase during the 1990s.
You may not know anyone named Terrell, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 39 states are home to men and boys named Terrell. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Terrell living in one state or another. If your name is Terrell and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Louisiana, which has the most people named Terrell relative to the population, you still have to ask 1,661 men and boys their names before you hear Terrell as an answer just once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter T is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names. That’s because 6.3% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J, A and D.
With seven letters, the name Terrell has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 6.3% of all boys' names that begin with the letter T, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. And Thomas is the boys’ name starting with T, which is the most common of all.
If your name is Terrell and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Terrell, you can simply say:
Tiger
Elephant
Rocket
Rocket
Elephant
Lion
Lion
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Terrell
Terrell
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
T
E
R
R
E
L
L
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
T
E
R
R
E
L
L
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Terrell sounds like this:
