Rebel

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Rebel, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Liberty
• Maverick
• Danger
• Wilson
• Blade

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Rebel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Netherlands, Pakistan

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Rëbēl, Ŕèbèĺ, Rèbèl, Rëbël, Rèbèĺ

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Rébel

• Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Netherlands

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rébél

58 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.

Rebel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, the rebellious one

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In enm, A sinner (as one who rebels against a deity)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, rebel, insurgent

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, REBÉL, -Ă, rebeli, -e, adj. (Despre oameni; adesea substantivat) Care ia parte activă la o rebeliune, care îndeamnă la rebeliune; răzvrătit. ♦ Nesupus, recalcitrant. ♦ Care arată nesupunere, care exprimă revoltă. ♦ Fig. (Despre păr) Care nu se așază, nu stă pieptănat. ♦ Fig. (Despre boli) Care are aspect acut, care cedează greu la tratamentul medical, care se vindecă greu.

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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.

• Jean-Féry Rebelb. 1666FRFrench Baroque composer and violinist (1666–1747)
• François Rebelb. 1701FRFrench composer
• Ariel Rebelb. 1985CAFrench-Canadian pornographic actress and model

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).

39 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Rebel mean, and where does it come from?

A person who resists an established authority, often violently. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Rebel?

In the etymology graph, Reb is a form of the same name in other languages.

How common is the name Rebel?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,306 people named Rebel in 2007, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

How do you pronounce Rebel?

It depends on the language: in English /ɹɪˈbɛl/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /ɾɛbɛl/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Rebel?

Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Rebel in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rebel. After it come Germany, Netherlands, France and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Rebel most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rebel is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 13 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.