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Dontel
How to Pronounce Dontel
Pronounced dahn-TEL /dɑnˈtɛl/Medium
Meaning: Dontel is a coined African American boy's name, joining a Don- or Dontae element to a -tel ending seen in Montel, part of a creative naming style of its era.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
Dontel is a coined name joining a Don- or Dontae element to a -tel ending, in the pattern of Montel. It belongs to the creative African American naming of the late twentieth century.
Dontel was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak around 1996, and it stayed rare. A boy named Dontel then would be in his twenties today.
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What does the name Dontel mean?
It is a coined name joining a Don- or Dontae element with a -tel ending, as in Montel.
How do you pronounce Dontel?
It is said dahn-TEL /dɑnˈtɛl/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Dontel a boy or girl name?
Dontel is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Dontel?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-nineties.