Morelle
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nightshade
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɔʁɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Morelle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium1 in 27K
- UYUruguay1 in 56K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nightshade
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Morelle 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 449 | Morelle | 218 |
| BE Belgium | 442 | 1 in 27K | 442 | Morelle | 46 |
| BR Brazil | 264 | 1 in 802K | 264 | — | — |
| CM Cameroon | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Morelle | 8 |
| US United States | 166 | 1 in 2M | 171 | Morelle | 69 |
| UY Uruguay | 60 | 1 in 56K | 60 | — | — |
| GA Gabon | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 217K | 1 | — | 1 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). 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)
Morelle 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 Latvian, Ķiršu šķirne
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Jules Laurent Morelleb. 1849FRRoman Catholic bishop
- Jules Morelleb. 1899FRFrench military personnel
- Paul Morelleb. 1917FRFrench journalist and writer (1917–2007)
- Denise Morelleb. 1925CACanadian actress (1925-1984)
- Ewa Maria Morelleb. 1939PLPolish model
- Laurent Morelleb. 1956FRFrench historian
- Joseph Morelleb. 1957USAmerican politician (born 1957)
- Aquilino Morelleb. 1962FRFrench political activist, official and physician
- Julien Morelleb. 1982FRFrench short track speed skater
- Nicolas MorelleFRFrench archaeologist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 557 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 529 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 522 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 482 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 466 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 449 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 442 | #3,502 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 417 | #3,794 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 401 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 374 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 374 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 280 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Morelle mean, and where does it come from?
- nightshade Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Morelle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Morelle in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled morelle.
- How do you pronounce Morelle?
- A machine transcription gives /mɔʁɛl/ (IPA) for French.
- How common is the name Morelle?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 442 people named Morelle in 2008, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Morelle?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/morelleThe 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, “Morelle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.