Boy · Breton
Armel
Say it: AR-mel
Meaning
From Old Breton Arthmael: arth 'bear' and mael 'prince'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 221 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1922, about 1 in 120,900 boys
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Arzhel
| Old Breton | Arthmael |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Armel (Arthmael)
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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