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Dawnelle
How to Pronounce Dawnelle
Pronounced dawn-ELL /dɔːˈnɛl/Medium
Meaning: Dawnelle joins the word-name Dawn to the fashionable -elle ending of Danielle and Rochelle. Dawn is simply the English word for daybreak, used as a girl's name from the twentieth century; Dawnelle dresses it in a softer, longer close.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Dawnelle is a coined blend of Dawn and the suffix -elle. Dawn entered use as a girl's name in the twentieth century straight from the word for daybreak; adding -elle, as in Danielle, gave it the rhythmic finish parents favored in the 1970s.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its mid-1970s peak and gone by the early 1990s. A Dawnelle from that time is in her late forties now; it reads as a 1970s coinage rather than a name on today's revival lists.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Dawnelle mean?
It is a blend of Dawn (daybreak) with the ending -elle.
How do you pronounce Dawnelle?
It's said dawn-ELL /dɔːˈnɛl/, two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Dawnelle a boy or girl name?
Dawnelle is used as a girl's name.
Is Dawnelle a popular name?
No, it stayed rare, a coined Dawn blend seen mostly in the mid-nineteen-seventies.