Rimel

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈɹɪməɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rimel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Middx. see Rimell . Further information: this name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 435K(measured from records)
  • ISIceland≈1 in 129K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 223K

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)

764 people, 2010

Sources
171 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 129K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Middx. see Rimell . Further information: this name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rimel 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 Rimel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7641 in 435K764Rimel171
DZ Algeria≈120 est.≈1 in 361Klisted——
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 609K—Rimel15
RU Russia≈59 est.≈1 in 2.4M—Rimel2
CA Canada≈44 est.≈1 in 848K—Rimel4
BE Belgium≈22 est.≈1 in 523K—Rimel1
JM Jamaica≈13 est.≈1 in 223K—Rimel1
IS Iceland≈3 est.≈1 in 129K1——

764 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; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)

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

  • Portuguese surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Rímel, Rimêl

  • Arabic surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Tunisia, United States, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Rimél, Rïmël, Rîmêl, Rïmèl, Řïmĕĺ

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Rĭmęĺ, Rïmël

  • Bangla surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh

    Also written Rïmël

32 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rimel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, mascara

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, RIMÉL, rimeluri, s. n. Produs cosmetic care se prezintă sub formă de pastă de diverse culori, folosit pentru machierea genelor.

    as a wordDEX 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

FormalDear Ms Rimel,
InformalHi Rimel,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Rimel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010764#30,538
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020743#33,067
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000732#30,199
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Rimel mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Middx. see Rimell . Further information: this name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Rimel?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɪməɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Rimel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 764 people named Rimel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rimel.
How common is the name Rimel?
In the United States, the national register counted 764 people named Rimel in 2010, about 1 in 435 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, “Rimel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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