Torrell
given name · Latin script
Meaning: dweller at the small tower, from OFr torail, torel; first attested Ralph de la Thorail 1256
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tɔɹɛɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Torrell is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
- GYGuyana1 in 375K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 1.5M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 119 (measured from records)
- 1 in 375K (inferred from the name graph)
307 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
dweller at the small tower, from OFr torail, torel; first attested Ralph de la Thorail 1256
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Torrell counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 307 | 1 in 1.1M | 296 | Torrell | 119 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 2.3M | — | Torrell | 17 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Torrell | 1 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 5M | — | Torrell | 1 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 5.5M | — | Torrell | 6 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Torrell | 1 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Torrell | 1 |
| GY Guyana | — | 2 | 1 in 375K | 2 | — | — |
| BB Barbados | #580 | — | — | — | Torrell | 1 |
307 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Torrell is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Welsh, cutter (tool)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Salvador Torrell i Eulàliab. 1900ESSpanish businessperson and editor (1900-1990)
- Jean-Pierre Torrellb. 1927FRFrench theologian
- Christian Torrellb. 1946FRFrench politician
- Antoni Torrens TorrellESPh.D. Universidad de Barcelona 1980
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 296 | #29,024 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 22 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 12 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11 | #29,024 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Torrell mean, and where does it come from?
- dweller at the small tower, from OFr torail, torel; first attested Ralph de la Thorail 1256 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Torrell?
- A machine transcription gives /tɔɹɛɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Torrell a male or female name?
- Torrell is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Torrell have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 307 people named Torrell, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled torrell.
- Where is Torrell most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Torrell is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 375 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Torrell?
- In the United States, the national register counted 307 people named Torrell in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
- How common is Torrell compared with other names?
- In Barbados, Torrell is the 580th most common given name of 1,425 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/torrellThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Torrell” — the 580th most common given name in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.