Rèel

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rèel is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”).

  • SGSingapore≈1 in 42Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • IEIreland≈1 in 53Kfew records
  • USUnited States1 in 63K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

5,316 people, 2010

Record sources
310 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Reel in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
Derivation of Rèel: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rèel
  1. Middle Englishreel(measured from records)
  2. Old Englishrēol(measured from records)
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hrehul(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Germanic*hrehulaz(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*krek-“to weave“to weave, beat”(measured from records)

From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.

Cited for this meaning 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Rèel is found

(measured from records)

Rèel 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.

Where Rèel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5,3161 in 63K5.3KReel310
GB United Kingdom≈780 est.≈1 in 89K137Reel74
CA Canada≈470 est.≈1 in 87K—Reel36
ZA South Africa≈460 est.≈1 in 139K—Reel6
AU Australia≈170 est.≈1 in 157K1Reel23
SG Singapore≈140 est.≈1 in 42K—Reel3
IE Ireland≈100 est.≈1 in 53K—Reel25

5,316 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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 names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Rèel is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Reel, Réel, Reèl

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Reel, Réel

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Italian

    Also written Reel, Réel

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Reel, Reél

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rèel under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rèel mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
Is Rèel a male or female name?
Rèel 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.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Rèel?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.3 thousand people named Rèel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reel. After it come United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and Australia; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Rèel?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,316 people named Rèel in 2010, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.

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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, “Rèel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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